The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.
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It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole, or to hide herself under some massive tomb, thereby to shun the strokes of fortune.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write
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One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.
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Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end
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Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
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Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use some men have lived long and lived little attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.
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