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The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

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We have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war. ↗

— George Montagu

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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

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Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. ↗

— Dwight L. Moody

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Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people. ↗

— Ron Moody

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I had, of course, no model for that sort of woman being married, but I can make that up as I go along. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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