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“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― The Journal of Jules Renard
― The Journal of Jules Renard
“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.”
― The Essays: A Selection
― The Essays: A Selection
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