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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Michel de Montaigne

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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Himself Loose Man Nuthing Wise
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Build Ceaseless Death House Labour Life
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
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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Answer Express Feel Love Man Myself Urge Wherefore
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Metaphysic Myself Other Physic Study Subject
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Certain Cheerfulness Most Sign Wisdom
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Ardent Best Cange One Opinion Proof Stubborn Stupidy
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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Age Criminal Dangerous Educational Gentle Law Leave Libeert One Strict Youth
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Admire Familiar Few Men
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
How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Condemnation Crime Criminal More Than Witness
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Better Business Do Let Nature Permit She Understand We
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Cured Easily Good Impossible Poverty Soil
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Ashamed Let Not Speak Think
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Betray Lie Men Muscle Public Require World

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