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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.

Michel de Montaigne

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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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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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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Been Full Happen Life Misfortune never Terrible
If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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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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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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