It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEA wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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My trade and art is to live.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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