Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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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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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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