Michel de Montaigne: The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, "O God! thou mayest save me if thou wilt, and if thou wilt thou m

The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, "O God! thou mayest save — Michel de Montaigne

The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, "O God! thou mayest save me if thou wilt, and if thou wilt thou mayest destroy me; but whether or no, I will steer my rudder true."

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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself. — Michel de Montaigne
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We seek and offer ourselves to be gulled. — Michel de Montaigne
All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and — Samuel Butler
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy. — Napoleon
Block the passages, shut the doors , And till the end your strength shall not fa — Laozi
Those who have come alive out of a blood-bath live longer and have more children — Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
Schön war ich auch, und das war mein Verderben. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thou didst sow the seed of deceit, thou didst indulge in derision, Thou didst re — Rumi
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