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I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but careless of death, and still more of my unfinished garden.

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
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Careless
Garden
Death
Stills
Still
Cabbages
Find
Cabbage
Planting
Unfinished

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