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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.

Michel de Montaigne

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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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Entire Family Government Manage Much Private State Vexation
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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All Carcass Just Nothing One Play Shadow Vanity Word World
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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Believe Firmly Know Least Nothing
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Be Can Men Much Ought See Wise
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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Contradiction Go Keep Mad Mankind Myself Some Work Write
I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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Doubt Establishment formless Forward Notion Publish Question Seek Truth Unresolved
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
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife
For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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Action Children Deem Most Note Serious Sport Truly
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
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Desire Knowledge Natural No
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
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Build Ceaseless Death House Labour Life
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
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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Anything Book Education Good Hand True
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Greater Miracle Monster Myself never Seen World

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