23
Apr
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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23
Apr
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
22
Apr
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
21
Apr
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
20
Apr
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
19
Apr
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
18
Apr
It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Michel de Montaigne
[This helps explain the success of Fox News. Regular viewers watch to learn what to fear and seem to enjoy fearing the things they highlight. This fear often turns to hatred and causes complete loss of rationality.]
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.