Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEDeath, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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