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The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents

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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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Alone
Passion
Fear
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Thing
Exceeding
Good
Accidents
World
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... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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