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I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits.
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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I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.
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Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.
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Now, since everything else is furnished with the exact amount of needle and thread required to maintain its being, it is in truth incredible that we alone should be brought into the world in a defective and indigent state, in a state such that we cannot maintain ourselves without external aid.
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Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.
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All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.
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It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.
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The soul that has no established aim loses itself
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