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  1. C'est une epineuse entreprise, et plus qu'il ne semble, de suivre une allure si vagabonde que celle de notre esprit; de penetrer les profon…
  2. The easy, gentle, and sloping path...is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.
  3. There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others.
  4. When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?
  5. La plus grande chose du monde, c'est de savoir etre a soi.
  6. The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt …
  7. L'homme d'entendement n'a rien perdu, s'il a soimeme.
  8. L'homme est bien insense. Il ne saurait forger un ciron, et forge des Dieux a douzaines.

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