Michel de Montaigne on Wedding
1533–1592 France
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11 quotes
It (marriage) happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.
Essais (1571)
Women when they marry buy a cat in the bag.
I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.
Essais (1571)
It happens as one sees in cages: the birds which are outside despair of ever getting in, and those within are equally desirous of getting out.
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.
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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