Entry 283

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
Michel de Montaigne

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
Michel de Montaigne


The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
Michel de Montaigne


Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
Michel de Montaigne