The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death. — Quoted

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“The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.”

Michel de Montaigne · Death

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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

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For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

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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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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

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