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The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge.


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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.



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



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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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This page presents the quote "The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge.". Author of this quote is Michel de Montaigne. This quote is about men, given, knowing things, knowing, curiosity, scourge,.