Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe 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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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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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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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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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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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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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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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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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