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The body enjoys a great share in our being, and has an eminent place in it. Its structure and composition, therefore, are worthy of proper consideration.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
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What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear.
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People of our time are so formed for agitation and ostentation that goodness, moderation, equability, constancy, and such quiet and obscure qualities are no longer felt.
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How often our involuntary facial motions testify to the thoughts we were keeping secret, and betray us to those around!
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To how many blockheads of my time has a cold and taciturn demeanor procured the credit of prudence and capacity!
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