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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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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Each person calls barbarism whatever is not his or her own practice.... We may call Cannibals barbarians, in respect to the rulesof reason, but not in respect to ourselves, who surpass them in every kind of barbarity.
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Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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