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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
Essayist
French Moralist
Jurist
Philosopher
Poet Lawyer
Politician
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Ignorance
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My art and profession is to live.
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Rejoice in the things that are present all else is beyond thee.
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