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He that had never seen a river, imagined the first he met with to be the sea.
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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French Moralist
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.
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I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.
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We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.
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