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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

Michel de Montaigne

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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
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Betray Lie Men Muscle Public Require World
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Dangerous Discreetly Know Possessor Use Weapon
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Boast Cannot Chastity Her Untempted Women
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Better Express Myself Only Other Quote
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
The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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Perpetual Saw See World
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Been Full Happen Life Misfortune never Terrible
How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Condemnation Crime Criminal More Than Witness
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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Borrow Care Much Myself Other Rich
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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Dare Grow Little More Much Older Speak Truth Would
The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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Blunder Book Curriculum Page Prank Servant Table Talk
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Courage Generous Most Proudest Strangest True Virtue
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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More Obvious Perhaps Vanity Write
If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Complain Much Myself Ordinary People Speak Themselves Think
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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Entire Family Government Manage Much Private State Vexation
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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Answer Express Feel Love Man Myself Urge Wherefore
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Flee From Know Not Search Well
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World
It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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All Monstrous Same Say The Thing Will
There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Family Govern Kingdom Less Little Private Trouble Whole
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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Fix Forgot Intensely Memory Nothing Thing Visit
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Build Ceaseless Death House Labour Life
My trade and art is to live.
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Art Live Trade
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

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