Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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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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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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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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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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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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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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