#now

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#fixed #life #lost #nowhere #purpose

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#cat #her #herself #i #knows

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#firmly #know #least #nothing

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#knowledge #men #other #we cannot #wisdom

It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#being #divine #enjoy #how #know

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#knowledge #more #natural #than

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#discreetly #even #how #knows #possessor

The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#know #never #often #poet #really

True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#few #initiated #know #only #owner

And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the National Anthems. ↗

— Brian Moore

#national #now #over