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Is it reasonable that even the arts should take advantage of and profit by our natural stupidity and feebleness of mind?
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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No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.
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We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
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