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I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

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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
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Cowardly
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Observed
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Willfully
Never
Whipping
Obstinate

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