“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.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“My trade and art is to live.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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“The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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