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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.

Michel de Montaigne

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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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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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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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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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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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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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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife

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