Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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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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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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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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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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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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