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On Solitude QUOTES

On Solitude QUOTES

1 " A man with nothing to lend should refrain from borrowing. "

― Michel de Montaigne , On Solitude

2 " From books all I seek is to give myself pleasure by an honourable pastime: or if I do study, I seek only that branch of learning which deals with knowing myself and which teaches me how to live and die well... "

― Michel de Montaigne , On Solitude

3 " آدمی از هیجانات سوزان، ناگزیر به تب های سوزان می جهد "

― Michel de Montaigne , On Solitude

4 " Whether we are running our home or studying or hunting or following any other sport, we should go to the very boundaries of pleasure but take good care not to be involved beyond the point where it begins to be mingled with pain. "

― Michel de Montaigne , On Solitude

5 " We take our fetters with us; our freedom is not total: we still turn our gaze towards the things we have left behind; our imagination is full of them. "

― Michel de Montaigne , On Solitude

6 " There is hardly less torment in running a family than in running a country. "

― Michel de Montaigne , On Solitude