There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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