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No man dies before his hour. The time you leave behind was no more yours, than that which was before your birth, and concerneth you no more.
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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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
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I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.
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Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.
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The world always looks straights ahead as for me, I turn my gaze inward, I fix it there and keep it busy. Everyone looks in front of him: as for me, I look inside me: I have no business but with myself I continually observe myself, I take stock of myself, I taste myself. Others...they always go forward as for me, I roll about in myself.
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A man must either imitate the vicious or hate them.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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We do not correct the man we hang we correct others by him.
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And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who judge a man by his bow, his bearing and his boots.
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Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
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Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still.
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When I am attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
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We are all of us richer than we think we are.
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He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
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I must use these great men's virtues as a cloak for my weakness.
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Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
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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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Repentance is no other than a recanting of the will, and opposition to our fancies, which lead us which way they please.
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There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.
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Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.
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