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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
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I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
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Disappointment and feebleness imprint upon us a cowardly and valetudinarian virtue.
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Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.
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