There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEFor 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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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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