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We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.

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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
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Trouble
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No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.
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Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.
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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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