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The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.
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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I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.
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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.
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