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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEOnce conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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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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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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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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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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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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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Love 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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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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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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