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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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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Does Face Imprint Mind More Rinkle
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife
She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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Bother Do Head Job Perfectly She
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
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Been Full Happen Life Misfortune never Terrible
Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Choose Conscience Honor Lose Person Rather
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.
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Around Dream Eyes Knew Life Love Real Soul
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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Because Conform FIner Kind Lethargy Once Other Over Sense Soul
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Already Fear Man Suffer
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Address Certain Port Serve Voyage Wind
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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Believe Firmly Know Least Nothing
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
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

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