Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEDeath, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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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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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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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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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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