Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate.Michel de Montaigne
The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
Michel de Montaigne
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
Michel de Montaigne
As an enemy is made more fierce by our flight, so Pain grows proud to see us knuckle under it. She will surrender upon much better terms to those who make head against her.
Michel de Montaigne
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Dreams are the true Interpreters of our Inclinations But there is Art required to sort and understand them.
Michel de Montaigne
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