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I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach from the one end of the world to the other
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
Politician
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Friendship
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As by some might be saide of me: that here I have but gathered a nosegay of strange floures, and have put nothing of mine unto it, but the thred to binde them. Certes, I have given unto publike opinion, that these borrowed ornaments accompany me but I meane not they should cover or hide me.
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A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.
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I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tied them together.
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Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face.
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