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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

Michel de Montaigne

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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Communication Pleasure Savor Without
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Article Fable Faith Held Many Thing Today Yesterday
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Admire Familiar Few Men
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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Dare Grow Little More Much Older Speak Truth Would
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Activity Children Game Minded Most Note Play Seen Serious Should
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Better Except Mind Other Own Speak
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Already Fear Man Suffer
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Amuse Cat Her Herself Know More Play Whether
Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Edge Give Mind Our Pain Pleasure Sharpness This
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Beyond Else Present Rejoice Thee Thing
For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Action Children Deem Most Note Serious Sport Truly
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Christianity Country Native Perigold Same Title
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Custom Follow Law Make Way World
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Fix Forgot Intensely Memory Nothing Thing Visit
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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Alone Communication Grief Leasure Left Mind Much No One Produce Sprightly
My trade and art is to live.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Art Live Trade

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