The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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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.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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