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Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and repose whereas such as are actually poor, slaves, or exiles, ofttimes live as merrily as other folk.

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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
Fear
Slavery
Estates
Live
Folks
Anguish
Slave
Folk
Losing
Slaves
Merrily
Lose
Immediate
Exiles
Loses
Appetite
Banishment
Poor
Perpetual
Repose
Actually
Whereas
Exile

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