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Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
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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He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
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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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Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.
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