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Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
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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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When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss his accusations of himself are always believed his praises never.
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Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.
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I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.
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