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Poetry reproduces an indefinable mood that is more amorous than love itself. Venus is not so beautiful all naked, alive, and panting, as she is here in Virgil.
Michel de Montaigne
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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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Nature has with a Motherly Tenderness observed this, that the Action she has enjoyned us for our Necessity should be also pleasant to us, and invites us to them, not only by Reason, but also by Appetite: and tis Injustice to infringe her Laws.
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It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him.
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All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed.
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The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but in walking orderly.
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Long life, and short, are by death made all one for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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My art and profession is to live.
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The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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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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