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Michel de Montaigne on Valentine's Day

1533–1592 France

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I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.

Essais (1571)

To which we may add this other Aristotelian consideration, that he who confers a benefit on any one loves him better than he is beloved by him again.

Essais (1571)

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.

Essais (1571)

He loves little who loves by rule.

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. There is beyond all that I am able to say, I know not what inexplicable and fated power that brought on this union.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Michel de Montaigne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.