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Everyone gives the title of barbarism to everything that is not in use in his own country.
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 establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Dreams are faithful interpreters of our inclinations but there is art required to sort and understand them.
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I do not teach. I relate.
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It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong.
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Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.
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It has never occurred to me to wish for empire or royalty, nor for the eminence of those high and commanding fortunes. My aim lies not in that direction I love myself too well.
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Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.
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The most universal quality is diversity.
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Men ... are not agreed about any one thing, not even that heaven is over our heads.
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