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[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

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
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Bird
Marriage
Within
Getting
Happens
Matrimony
Without
Cages
Birds
Despair

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