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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
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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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The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.
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I do not teach. I relate.
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But the touch or company of any man whatsoever stirreth up their heat, which in their solitude was hushed and quiet, and lay as cinders raked up in ashes.
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How often our involuntary facial motions testify to the thoughts we were keeping secret, and betray us to those around!
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