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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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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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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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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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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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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.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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