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A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.
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
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Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Everything
Nothing
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Fashion
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Rejoice in the things that are present all else is beyond thee.
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He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
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Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason there is no reason but must be built upon another reason: so here we are retreating backwards to infinity.
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In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.
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Nature has with a Motherly Tenderness observed this, that the Action she has enjoyned us for our Necessity should be also pleasant to us, and invites us to them, not only by Reason, but also by Appetite: and tis Injustice to infringe her Laws.
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We have power over nothing except our will.
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A man may be humble through vainglory.
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The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write.
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My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.
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It is easier to sacrifice great than little things.
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A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.
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The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use some men have lived long, and lived little attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.
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I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.
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The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge.
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A woman is no sooner ours than we are no longer hers.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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In my opinion, every rich man is a miser.
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