There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNERejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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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 ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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My trade and art is to live.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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