The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAge imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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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 are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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