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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEDeath, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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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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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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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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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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