The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELove to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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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 wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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