240 ordspråk av Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: `Because it was he, because it was I'.
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If the world complains that I speak too much about myself, I complain that the world does not so much as think of itself at all
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.
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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.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head
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In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.
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It is a rare life that remains orderly even in private
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.
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It is an excellent means of gaining the heart of others to submit and trust in it
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