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My trade and art is to live.

Michel de Montaigne

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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Beyond Else Present Rejoice Thee Thing
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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Content Contractor Mind Sign Weariness
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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Entire Family Government Manage Much Private State Vexation
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
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Betray Lie Men Muscle Public Require World
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Agree Bore Conversation Everybody One Thann
I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Courtesy Much Often Seenm People Tiresome Uncivil
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Cured Easily Good Impossible Poverty Soil
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Greater Miracle Monster Myself never Seen World
Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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Companion Craggy Facility Reject Require Rough Thorny Virtue Way
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Does Face Imprint Mind More Rinkle
It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Absolute Being Divine Enjoy How Perfection Rightfully Virtual
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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Adequately Die Fully How Know Nature Spot Tell To What Worry
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Been Full Happen Life Misfortune never Terrible
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Ashamed Let Not Speak Think

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