More from Michel de Montaigne

  1. Labour not after riches first, and think thou afterwards wilt enjoy them. He who neglecteth the present moment, throweth away all that he h…
  2. Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
  3. It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
  4. Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
  5. It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
  6. Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons fo…
  7. Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
  8. It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

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