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A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.
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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Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.
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There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance
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There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions.
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Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.
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Disappointment and feebleness imprint upon us a cowardly and valetudinarian virtue.
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I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
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