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 MONTAIGNEThe entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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