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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
Essayist
French Moralist
Jurist
Philosopher
Poet Lawyer
Politician
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Dishonesty
Injury
Greater
Lying
Success
Tell
Reality
Life
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
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