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To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us.
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
Atheism
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God
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If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.
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He that is a friend to himself, know he is a friend to all.
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The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write.
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Nature has, herself, I fear, imprinted in man a kind of instinct to inhumanity.
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As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive.
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Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being able to penetrate into what it is to believe.
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The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.
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Let us a little permit nature to take her own way she better understands her own affairs than we.
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There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions.
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We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.
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All the opinions in the world point out that pleasure is our aim.
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... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.
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It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
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There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.
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