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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
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French Moralist
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.
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When I am attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
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Love to his soul gave eyes he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life the world around him is the dream.
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