A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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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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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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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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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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