The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWe are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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My trade and art is to live.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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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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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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