If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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