"There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state."
― Michel de Montaigne
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Family
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- "Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep."
- "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."
- "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out."
More In Family
- "Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older."― Jamie Lee Curtis
- "Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American."― Ron Wyden
- "As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I’d get ready by myself. I’d set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up."― Janet Jackson