Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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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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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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