The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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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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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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One may be humble out of pride.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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