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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWe are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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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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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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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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