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I often remembered also that I had been told, that we shall have as many devils biting us, if we go to hell, as we have unconfessed sins on our consciences. ↗

— Maria Monk

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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ↗

— Maria Monk

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Some of the priests from the Seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time. ↗

— Maria Monk

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If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy. ↗

— James Monroe

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While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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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. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for. ↗