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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

Michel de Montaigne

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Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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Affection Behaviour Frame Grace Imprint Infancy Instruction Keeper Learn Nurse Respect Sport
I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Courtesy Much Often Seenm People Tiresome Uncivil
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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Believe Firmly Know Least Nothing
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.
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Answer Express Feel Love Man Myself Urge Wherefore
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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Give Him Importance Love Man Reason
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Better Business Do Let Nature Permit She Understand We
How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Condemnation Crime Criminal More Than Witness
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Entrance Free Market Marriage Nothing
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Article Fable Faith Held Many Thing Today Yesterday
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Certain Cheerfulness Most Sign Wisdom
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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Age Criminal Dangerous Educational Gentle Law Leave Libeert One Strict Youth
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Bedfellow Fame never Tranquility
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Beyond Else Present Rejoice Thee Thing
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Ardent Best Cange One Opinion Proof Stubborn Stupidy
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Christianity Country Native Perigold Same Title
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World

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