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The most ordinary things, the most common and familiar, if we could see them in their true light, would turn out to be the grandest miracles.

Michel de Montaigne

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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
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French Moralist
Jurist
Philosopher
Poet Lawyer
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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