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Long life, and short, are by death made all one for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.
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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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He that is a friend to himself, know he is a friend to all.
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In the examples that I here bring in of what I have [read], heard, done or said, I have refrained from daring to alter even the smallest and most indifferent circumstances. My conscience falsifies not an iota for my knowledge I cannot answer.
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When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss his accusations of himself are always believed his praises never.
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I do not correct my first imaginings by my second--well, yes, perhaps a word or so, but only to vary, not to delete. I want to represent the course of my humors and I want people to see each part at its birth.
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Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman.
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Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.
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No pleasure is fully delightful without communications, and no delight absolute except imparted.
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After mature deliberation of counsel, the good Queen to establish a rule and immutable example unto all posterity, for the moderation and required modesty in a lawful marriage, ordained the number of six times a day as a lawful, necessary and competent limit.
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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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The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.
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Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.
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The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.
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It is only reasonable to allow the administration of affairs to mothers before their children reach the age prescribed by law at which they themselves can be responsible. But that father would have reared them ill who could not hope that in their maturity they would have more wisdom and competence than his wife.
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