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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.

Michel de Montaigne

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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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Arm Courage Leg Soul Stability Valor
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Cured Easily Good Impossible Poverty Soil
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Love Other Yourself
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Greater Miracle Monster Myself never Seen World
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Better Express Myself Only Other Quote
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Himself Loose Man Nuthing Wise
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
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Communication Pleasure Savor Without
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
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Admire Familiar Few Men
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Brain Against Good Other Polish Rub
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Boast Cannot Chastity Her Untempted Women
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Dangerous Discreetly Know Possessor Use Weapon
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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Around Dream Eyes Knew Life Love Real Soul
Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Acquit All Death Obligation Say
In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Cat Know Lifetime Much Nine You
The thing I fear most is fear.
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Fear Most Thing
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Build Ceaseless Death House Labour Life
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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Bird Cage Desperate Get Inside Like Marriage One Out Outside Quality See
It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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All Monstrous Same Say The Thing Will
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Better Except Mind Other Own Speak
The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Finest Have Most Soul Suppleness Variety
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Be Can Men Much Ought See Wise
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Agree Bore Conversation Everybody One Thann
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Better Business Do Let Nature Permit She Understand We
Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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Compare Dream Life Right Sleep Wake

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