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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

Michel de Montaigne

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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Better Except Mind Other Own Speak
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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Alone Communication Grief Leasure Left Mind Much No One Produce Sprightly
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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Around Dream Eyes Knew Life Love Real Soul
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Agree Bore Conversation Everybody One Thann
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Admire Familiar Few Men
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Brain Against Good Other Polish Rub
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Entrance Free Market Marriage Nothing
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Being Despise Infirmity Most Our Savage
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Desire Knowledge Natural No
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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Bent Look Matter Merely Oar Se Straight Them Thing Water
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Beyond Else Present Rejoice Thee Thing
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World
Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Acquit All Death Obligation Say
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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Great Him Injury Lie Myself So Tell Try Whom
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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Knowledge Length Life Make Them Value Wisdom
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Better Express Myself Only Other Quote

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