If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEUnless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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