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Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.
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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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A learned man is not learned in all things but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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