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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
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God
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Off I go, rummaging about in books for sayings which please me.
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The common notions that we find in credit around us and infused into our souls by our fathers' seed, these seem to be the universal and natural ones. Whence it comes to pass that what is off the hinges of custom, people believe to be off the hinges of reason.
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Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
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To smell, though well, is to stink.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)
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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 no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.
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If your doctor does not think it good for you to sleep, to drink wine, or to eat of a particular dish, do not worry I will find you another who will not agree with him.
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Every one's true worship was that which he found in use in the place where he chanced to be.
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When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.
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A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.
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It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.
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There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.
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Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.
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Is it not enough to make me come back to life out of spite, to have someone who spat in my face while I existed come and rub my feet when I am beginning to exist no longer?
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The most universal quality is diversity.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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In his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books. By means of history he will frequent those great souls of former years. If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price.
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There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.
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It needs courage to be afraid.
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