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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
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Politician
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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There is a huge gulf between the man who follows the conventions and laws of his country and the man who sets out to regiment them and to change them.
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Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.
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He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.
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A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
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Who is only good that others may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when 'tis known, who will do well but upon condition that his virtue may be known to men, is one from whom much service is not to be expected.
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If I were a maker of books I should compile a register, with comments, of different deaths. He who should teach people to die, would teach them to live.
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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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Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest
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Stupidity and wisdom meet in the same centre of sentiment and resolution, in the suffering of human accidents.
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I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
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We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.
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Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.
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In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice. The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.
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After a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how impossible almost it is to reclaim it. Whence it comes to pass, that we see some men, who are otherwise very honest, so subject to this vice.
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We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue.
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I agree that we should work and prolong the functions of life as far as we can, and hope that Death may find me planting my cabbages, but indifferent to him and still more to the unfinished state of my garden.
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To understand via the heart is not to understand.
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If you don't know how to die, don't worry Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you don't bother your head about it.
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