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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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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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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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I 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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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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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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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