Michel de Montaigne: Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is hi — Michel de Montaigne

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

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He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drink — Michel de Montaigne
Si on me presse de dire pourquoi je l'aimais, je sens que cela ne se peut exprim — Michel de Montaigne
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. — Michel de Montaigne
Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery. — Michel de Montaigne
It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. — Henry David Thoreau
Death could be the dream if, at a stroke, one could open an eye. — Jules Renard
昔者庄周梦为蝴蝶，栩栩然蝴蝶也，自喻适志与，不知周也。俄然觉，则戚戚然周也。不知周之梦为蝴蝶与，蝴蝶之梦为周与？周与蝴蝶则必有分矣。此之谓物化。 — Zhuang Zhou
C'était l'heure où l'essaim des rêves malfaisants Tord sur leurs oreillers les b — Charles Baudelaire
Nec scire fas est omnia. — One cannot know everything. Horace
Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce. — Oscar Wilde
Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, mor — Michel de Montaigne
When thou seest in the pathway a severed head, Which is rolling toward our field — Rumi