He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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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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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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