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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Infirmity
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We call comeliness a mischance in the first respect, which belongs principally to the face.
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We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.
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