3 Michel de Montaigne Quotes on Desire

Michel de Montaigne quotes on desire

42. It (marriage) happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

60. 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.

100. Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.