Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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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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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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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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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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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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