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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
Unfinished
Careless
Garden
Death
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Still
Cabbages
Find
Cabbage
Planting

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