Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEStubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
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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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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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