No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout others do not see you they surmise you by uncertain conjectures they perceive not so much your nature as your art
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I tell the truth, not as much as I would like to, but as much as I dare. I dare more and more as I grow older.
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Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.
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Since I would rather make of him the child an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to Choose a guide tutor with a well-made rather than a well-filled head.
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In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice.
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Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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