The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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