#than

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#him #i #i do #injury #lie

There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#obvious #perhaps #than #vainly #vanity

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

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

#because #could #expressed #find #give

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

— Michel de Montaigne

#does #face #mind #more #than

How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime! ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#criminal #how #i #many #more

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#business #her #let us #nature #permit

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#more #some #than #triumphant #victories

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#governing #kingdom #less #little #private

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

— Michel de Montaigne

#knowledge #more #natural #than