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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.

Michel de Montaigne

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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Ardent Best Cange One Opinion Proof Stubborn Stupidy
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 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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Because Was Can Love More Press Say Why
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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Answer Express Feel Love Man Myself Urge Wherefore
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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All Carcass Just Nothing One Play Shadow Vanity Word World
Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Acquit All Death Obligation Say
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Contagious Fear Passion So That
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
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife
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 quote others only in order the better to express myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Better Express Myself Only Other Quote
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Desire Knowledge Natural No
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
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Brain Against Good Other Polish Rub
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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Entire Family Government Manage Much Private State Vexation
Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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Companion Craggy Facility Reject Require Rough Thorny Virtue Way

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