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Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately.
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
Happiness
Live
Great
Appropriately
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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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We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.
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I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.
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When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss his accusations of himself are always believed his praises never.
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Time steals away without any inconvenience.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.
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Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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