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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

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
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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Alarm Death Die Me
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Himself Loose Man Nuthing Wise
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Communication Pleasure Savor Without
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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More Obvious Perhaps Vanity Write
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Does Face Imprint Mind More Rinkle
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
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Entrance Free Market Marriage Nothing
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Family Govern Kingdom Less Little Private Trouble Whole
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
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Cured Easily Good Impossible Poverty Soil
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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Because Elsewhere Every Face Future Inner One Own Rush Want
Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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Around Dream Eyes Knew Life Love Real Soul
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
Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Choose Conscience Honor Lose Person Rather

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