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"I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself"

Translations

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself”

Michel de Montaigne

“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.”

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened”

“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”

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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

“You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.”

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”

“Do not go gentle — cause that rent is always due.”

“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.”

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“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

“When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to conside...”

“The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”