We call that against nature which cometh against custom. But there is nothing, whatsoever it be, that is not According to nature.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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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.
Michel de Montaigne
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