It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow … - Michel de Montaigne

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I have never listened to authority. It is not in my DNA.

Michel de Montaigne

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.

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Every man has within himself the entire human condition

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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

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Only the fools are certain and assured.

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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

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On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

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When you get to a certain level of recognizability, celebrity, you can't go out of the house without someone going, "Can I just have one photo?" I don't mind, by the way, if anyone wants one we can take some photos. But sometimes you just wanna stay in the house or in the hotel room with the shades closed.

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