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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

Michel de Montaigne

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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Amuse Cat Her Herself Know More Play Whether
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Being Despise Infirmity Most Our Savage
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Admire Familiar Few Men
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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Knowledge Length Life Make Them Value Wisdom
The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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Avoid Both Condition Dare Nase Seem Them Ugly Worstm Action
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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Great Him Injury Lie Myself So Tell Try Whom
The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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Another Confidence Confident Evidence Favor God Man Own Such Virtue Willing
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Article Fable Faith Held Many Thing Today Yesterday
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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Doubt Establishment formless Forward Notion Publish Question Seek Truth Unresolved
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Be Can Men Much Ought See Wise
Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Choose Conscience Honor Lose Person Rather
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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Company Educate Incorrectly Peasant Prefer Reason Sufficient
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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Anything Book Education Good Hand True
The thing I fear most is fear.
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Fear Most Thing
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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