I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt 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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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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My trade and art is to live.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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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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