He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENot being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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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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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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