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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

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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
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Senses
Freedom
Inspirational
Lethargy
Others
Steals
Soul
Finer
Kind
Conform
Conformity

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