Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWhen I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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