Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIn nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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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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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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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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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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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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