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Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art.
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 day of your birth leads you to death as well as to life.
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Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.
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It is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.
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How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation!
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The beginnings of all things are weak and tender. We must therefore be clear-sighted in the beginnings, for, as in their budding we discern not the danger, so in their full growth we perceive not the remedy.
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