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The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but in walking orderly.
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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.
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