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Whoever will imagine a perpetual confession of ignorance, a judgment without leaning or inclination, on any occasion whatever, hasa conception of Pyrrhonism.

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
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Confession
Whatever
Occasion
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Conception
Whoever
Occasions
Leaning
Judgment
Skepticism
Ignorance
Inclination

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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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