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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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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
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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More Obvious Perhaps Vanity Write
We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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Conscience Labour Leave Memory Only Stuff Understanding Unfurnish Void
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Boast Cannot Chastity Her Untempted Women
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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Could Fool Fortune Lucky Made Make See Wise
For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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Action Children Deem Most Note Serious Sport Truly
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
Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Acquit All Death Obligation Say
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Admire Familiar Few Men
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
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
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
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
One may be humble out of pride.
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Be Humble May One Pride
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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Alphabet Begin Both Corrupt Covetousness Die Last Nature Vice
My trade and art is to live.
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Art Live Trade

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