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Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.
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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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
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The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe.
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Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to choose a guide with a well-made rather than a well-filled head.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.
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Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised.
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All opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining it.
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I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.
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It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.
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Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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