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The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

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
Virtue
Path
Sloping
Easy
Thorny
True
Demands
Rough
Gentle
Road
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