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And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?
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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There is nothing which so poisons princes as flattery, nor anything whereby wicked men more easily obtain credit and favor with them.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and repose whereas such as are actually poor, slaves, or exiles, ofttimes live as merrily as other folk.
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To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty and to take that for current pay which is under a man's value, is pusillanimity and cowardice.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
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We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.
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Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
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Every one's true worship was that which he found in use in the place where he chanced to be.
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