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One should always have one's boots on and be ready to leave.
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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Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Death
Always
Boots
Leave
Ready
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A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.
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Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him be taught to throw down his arms and surrender to truth as soon as he perceives it, whether the truth is born at his rival's doing or within himself from some change in his ideas.
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Death pays all debts.
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Let us a little permit nature to take her own way she better understands her own affairs than we.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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I do not teach. I relate.
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The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.
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The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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To smell, though well, is to stink.
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