There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEEvery one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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