He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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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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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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