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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Michel de Montaigne

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Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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Affection Behaviour Frame Grace Imprint Infancy Instruction Keeper Learn Nurse Respect Sport
A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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Bent Look Matter Merely Oar Se Straight Them Thing Water
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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More Some Defeat Triumphant Victory
We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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Conscience Labour Leave Memory Only Stuff Understanding Unfurnish Void
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Love Other Yourself
There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Family Govern Kingdom Less Little Private Trouble Whole
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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Because Conform FIner Kind Lethargy Once Other Over Sense Soul
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Boast Cannot Chastity Her Untempted Women
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Metaphysic Myself Other Physic Study Subject
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Himself Loose Man Nuthing Wise
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Article Fable Faith Held Many Thing Today Yesterday
Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Ambition Little People Vise
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Friendship Good Love Marriage Rather Resemble Such Thing
If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Complain Much Myself Ordinary People Speak Themselves Think
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Christianity Country Native Perigold Same Title

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