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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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A hundred times a day we mock our own faults by criticizing them in others.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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If it does not end the war, it is not a victory.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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A thousand roads diverge from the chosen end, but there is one that reaches it.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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I find as much difference between myself and myself as between myself and others.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Knowing much gives occasion to doubt more.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Books are the best provision I have found for this human journey.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Children's games are not just games, but their most serious activities.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Death does not concern you, neither alive nor dead: alive, because you are; dead, because you are no more.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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It is necessary to lend oneself to others, but to give oneself only to oneself.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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I only quote others in order to express my thoughts better.