There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf 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.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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