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Michel de Montaigne
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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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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Work
"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Wisdom
"We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Wisdom
"It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Strength
"Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Sports
"For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Sports
"Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Nature
"If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Nature
"Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Marriage
"Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out."
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Michel de Montaigne
Topic(s):
Marriage
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