Michel de Montaigne: To which we may add this other Aristotelian consideration, that he who confers a benefit on any one loves him better tha

To which we may add this other Aristotelian consideration, that he who confers a — Michel de Montaigne

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.

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Every rich man is avaricious, in my opinion. — Michel de Montaigne
Whatever can be done another day can be done today. — Michel de Montaigne
Things are not so painful and difficult of themselves, but our weakness or cowar — Michel de Montaigne
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberat — Michel de Montaigne
Werther had a love for Charlotte, Such as words could never utter; Would you kno — William Makepeace Thackeray
... князь утверждает, что мир спасет красота! А я утверждаю, что у него оттого т — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Welcome, all ye myriad creatures! Brethren, take the kiss of love! — Friedrich Schiller
What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer for is the — Attributed to Brooke Westcott
If you would not have a man flinch when the crisis comes, train him before it co — Seneca
Entre personnes sans cesse en présence, la haine et l'amour vont toujours croiss — Honoré de Balzac
All truth is ancient. The enticement of novelty lies only in its expressive vari — Novalis
Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and...Play consists of whatev — Mark Twain