I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.Michel de Montaigne
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: 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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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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Who is not sure of his memory should not attempt lying.
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