When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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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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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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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 is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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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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