Ambition is not a vice of little people.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEEvery man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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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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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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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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