Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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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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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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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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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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