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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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Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.
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It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.
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