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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.

Michel de Montaigne

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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Desire Knowledge Natural No
Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Bear Condition Every Human Man Whole Stam
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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Because Elsewhere Every Face Future Inner One Own Rush Want
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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Alone Communication Grief Leasure Left Mind Much No One Produce Sprightly
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Head Ignorance Man Pillow Rest Soften
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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Another Confidence God Goodness Hood Proof
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
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
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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Arm Courage Leg Soul Stability Valor
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Being Despise Infirmity Most Our Savage
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Ashamed Let Not Speak Think
The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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Perpetual Saw See World
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
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Contagious Fear Passion So That
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

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