There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHe who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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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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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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