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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

Michel de Montaigne

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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
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Argument Command Establish Noise Reason Show Weak
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
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Better Except Mind Other Own Speak
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Communication Pleasure Savor Without
In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Cat Know Lifetime Much Nine You
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
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 prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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Company Educate Incorrectly Peasant Prefer Reason Sufficient
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
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 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
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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Bird Cage Desperate Get Inside Like Marriage One Out Outside Quality See
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Certain Cheerfulness Most Sign Wisdom
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Better Express Myself Only Other Quote
My trade and art is to live.
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Art Live Trade

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