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Michel de Montaigne Quotes: Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener.
         

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener.


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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.




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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.



My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.



There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.



A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.



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Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.



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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.



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Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.




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