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Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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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. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

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Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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If you don't have solid beliefs you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

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We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses. ↗

— Maria Montessori

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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

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