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No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only in different men but in the same men at different times.

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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
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No man dies before his hour. The time you leave behind was no more yours, than that which was before your birth, and concerneth you no more.
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