One may be humble out of pride.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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