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True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.
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
Freedom
True
Power
Everything
Self
Oneself
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It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.
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The finest lives in my opinion are the common model, without miracle and without extravagance.
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Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.
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A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.
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People of our time are so formed for agitation and ostentation that goodness, moderation, equability, constancy, and such quiet and obscure qualities are no longer felt.
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A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself if he belittles himself, he is believed if he praises himself, he isn't believed.
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Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.
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