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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

Michel de Montaigne

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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Amuse Cat Her Herself Know More Play Whether
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Be Can Men Much Ought See Wise
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
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Betray Lie Men Muscle Public Require World
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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Because Conform FIner Kind Lethargy Once Other Over Sense Soul
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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Entire Family Government Manage Much Private State Vexation
The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Beautiful Open Raedymall Soul Thing Universal
I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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Forth Humble I Set Inglorious Life Matter Soes
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Himself Loose Man Nuthing Wise
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Metaphysic Myself Other Physic Study Subject
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Already Fear Man Suffer
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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Another Confidence God Goodness Hood Proof
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Boast Cannot Chastity Her Untempted Women
Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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Compare Dream Life Right Sleep Wake
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Contagious Fear Passion So That
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Does Face Imprint Mind More Rinkle
She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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Bother Do Head Job Perfectly She
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Head Ignorance Man Pillow Rest Soften
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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Anything Book Education Good Hand True
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Complain Much Myself Ordinary People Speak Themselves Think
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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Everywhere Life Lost Nowhere Purpose Soil
Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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Confidence Honesty Integrity Light One Other Own Testimony
One may be humble out of pride.
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Be Humble May One Pride
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
It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Absolute Being Divine Enjoy How Perfection Rightfully Virtual

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