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I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

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Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

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I only see clearly what I remember.

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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

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Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

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Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

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We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

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Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

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Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

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Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

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The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

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However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

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Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

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Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

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I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

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Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

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