Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt 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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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