It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThose who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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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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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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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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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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