There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEDeath, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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My trade and art is to live.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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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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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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