It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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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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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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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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For 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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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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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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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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