There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family …

Michel de Montaigne
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1907). The Essays
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated), p.894, Delphi Classics
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays, p.679, 谷月社
Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, Donald Murdoch Frame (1963). Essays and Selected Writings

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1907). The Essays

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