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A learned man is not learned in all things but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
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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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Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.
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Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.
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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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Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
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