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Stéphane Gimenez
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What does "un pareil soin" mean here?

So here is a sentence by Montaigne, I can get the overall meaning of it but I really can not figure out the meaning of "un pareil soin" here, and as for the "de" before "un pareil soin", I think it goes with "désespèrent"? Besides, what exactly does "il advient de" mean?

The sentence goes like this:

Il advient du mariage ce qui se voit aux cages: les oiseaux qui en sont hors désespèrent d'y entrer; et d'un pareil soin en sortir, ceux qui sont au-dedans. – Montaigne