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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

Michel de Montaigne

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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

More Obvious Perhaps Vanity Write
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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Because Elsewhere Every Face Future Inner One Own Rush Want
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Flee From Know Not Search Well
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Brain Against Good Other Polish Rub
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Could Fool Fortune Lucky Made Make See Wise
A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Bent Look Matter Merely Oar Se Straight Them Thing Water
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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Company Educate Incorrectly Peasant Prefer Reason Sufficient
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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Content Contractor Mind Sign Weariness
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
I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Forth Humble I Set Inglorious Life Matter Soes
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
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Build Ceaseless Death House Labour Life
The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Finest Have Most Soul Suppleness Variety
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Communication Pleasure Savor Without
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Courage Generous Most Proudest Strangest True Virtue

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