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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.

Michel de Montaigne

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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Admire Familiar Few Men
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Good Maketh Mind Poor Rich Wretchm Happy
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Metaphysic Myself Other Physic Study Subject
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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Blunder Book Curriculum Page Prank Servant Table Talk
My trade and art is to live.
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Art Live Trade
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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More Some Defeat Triumphant Victory
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Head Ignorance Man Pillow Rest Soften
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Dangerous Discreetly Know Possessor Use Weapon
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Better Business Do Let Nature Permit She Understand We
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Argument Command Establish Noise Reason Show Weak
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Bedfellow Fame never Tranquility
In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Cat Know Lifetime Much Nine You
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Ashamed Let Not Speak Think
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Flee From Know Not Search Well

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