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Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men, vain authorities who can resolve nothing.
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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We call comeliness a mischance in the first respect, which belongs principally to the face.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.
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Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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