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Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.
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
Judgement
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy
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Life in itself is neither good nor evil, it is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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