I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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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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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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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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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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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 beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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