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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

Michel de Montaigne

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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Beyond Else Present Rejoice Thee Thing
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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More Obvious Perhaps Vanity Write
The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Beautiful Open Raedymall Soul Thing Universal
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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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 you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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Adequately Die Fully How Know Nature Spot Tell To What Worry
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Friendship Good Love Marriage Rather Resemble Such Thing
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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Activity Children Game Minded Most Note Play Seen Serious Should
Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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Affection Behaviour Frame Grace Imprint Infancy Instruction Keeper Learn Nurse Respect Sport
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Christianity Country Native Perigold Same Title
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
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Article Fable Faith Held Many Thing Today Yesterday
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
Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Acquit All Death Obligation Say
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Good Maketh Mind Poor Rich Wretchm Happy
The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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Create Entire Higher Likeness Lower World

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