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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Michel de Montaigne

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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 no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Contagious Fear Passion So That
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
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Bedfellow Fame never Tranquility
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Good Maketh Mind Poor Rich Wretchm Happy
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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Avoid Both Condition Dare Nase Seem Them Ugly Worstm Action
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
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Friendship Good Love Marriage Rather Resemble Such Thing
The thing I fear most is fear.
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Fear Most Thing
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Great Him Injury Lie Myself So Tell Try Whom
Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Ambition Little People Vise
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
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Boast Cannot Chastity Her Untempted Women
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Ashamed Let Not Speak Think
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Knowledge Length Life Make Them Value Wisdom

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