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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.

Michel de Montaigne

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The thing I fear most is fear.
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Fear Most Thing
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Beyond Else Present Rejoice Thee Thing
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
I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Courtesy Much Often Seenm People Tiresome Uncivil
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
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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Alarm Death Die Me
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Been Full Happen Life Misfortune never Terrible
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
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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Blunder Book Curriculum Page Prank Servant Table Talk
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
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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Bent Look Matter Merely Oar Se Straight Them Thing Water
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

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