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We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.

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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
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