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The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.
Happiness
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
Purpose
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
Courage
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The thing I fear most is fear.
Fear
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
Custom
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
Inheritance
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.
Listening
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.
Prayer
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Defeat
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
Family
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Conversation
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Fear
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most.
Value
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Wisdom
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
Amusement
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Satisfaction
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.
Lies and Lying
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
Wisdom
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.
Apathy
Juan Montalvo

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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
Achievement
Alfred A. Montapert

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There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.
Tragedies
William D. Montapert

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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
Freedom
Charles De Montesquieu

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I have always observed that to succeed in the world a person must seem simple, yet wise.
Simplicity
Charles De Montesquieu

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If triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
God
Charles De Montesquieu

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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
Greatness
Charles De Montesquieu

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun