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Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
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French Moralist
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear.
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