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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

Michel de Montaigne

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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
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Agree Bore Conversation Everybody One Thann
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Desire Knowledge Natural No
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Entrance Free Market Marriage Nothing
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Betray Lie Men Muscle Public Require World
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
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
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Admire Familiar Few Men
One may be humble out of pride.
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Be Humble May One Pride
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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Alone Communication Grief Leasure Left Mind Much No One Produce Sprightly
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Metaphysic Myself Other Physic Study Subject
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Build Ceaseless Death House Labour Life
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Ardent Best Cange One Opinion Proof Stubborn Stupidy
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Himself Loose Man Nuthing Wise
The thing I fear most is fear.
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Fear Most Thing

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