[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.
Michel de MontaigneTags: freedom marriage relationships cages matrimony single married-life captivity
Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.
Michel de MontaignePride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.
Michel de MontaigneNothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known.
Michel de MontaigneI enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.
Michel de MontaigneTags: books
Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.
Michel de MontaigneLend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Michel de MontaigneAll we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.
Michel de MontaigneTags: self-awareness
Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.
Michel de MontaigneTags: self
The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.
Michel de MontaigneTags: mind conversation
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