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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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