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We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.
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
Repress
Spread
Sorrow
Joy
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When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.
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The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.
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