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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.

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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.

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Ambition is not a vice of little people.

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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.

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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.

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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.

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I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate.

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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 28th, 1533

Died: September 13th, 1592

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