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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Michel de Montaigne

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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
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Better Business Do Let Nature Permit She Understand We
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Courage Generous Most Proudest Strangest True Virtue
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Himself Loose Man Nuthing Wise
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Boast Cannot Chastity Her Untempted Women
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
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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Activity Children Game Minded Most Note Play Seen Serious Should
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Certain Cheerfulness Most Sign Wisdom
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Ashamed Let Not Speak Think
There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Family Govern Kingdom Less Little Private Trouble Whole
How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Condemnation Crime Criminal More Than Witness
My trade and art is to live.
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Art Live Trade
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Friendship Good Love Marriage Rather Resemble Such Thing
The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Finest Have Most Soul Suppleness Variety
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
One may be humble out of pride.
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Be Humble May One Pride
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Been Full Happen Life Misfortune never Terrible
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Better Except Mind Other Own Speak
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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Borrow Care Much Myself Other Rich
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife
Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Choose Conscience Honor Lose Person Rather
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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Dare Grow Little More Much Older Speak Truth Would
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Flee From Know Not Search Well
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Cured Easily Good Impossible Poverty Soil
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Metaphysic Myself Other Physic Study Subject

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