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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

Michel de Montaigne

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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Able Event Govern Myself
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Entrance Free Market Marriage Nothing
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
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
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Custom Follow Law Make Way World
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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Because Was Can Love More Press Say Why
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
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Christianity Country Native Perigold Same Title
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Flee From Know Not Search Well
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
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Good Maketh Mind Poor Rich Wretchm Happy
Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Ambition Little People Vise
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Better Express Myself Only Other Quote
I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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Forth Humble I Set Inglorious Life Matter Soes
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Already Fear Shall Suffer
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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Anything Book Education Good Hand True

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