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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.

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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
Liars
Coward
Brave
Toward
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Faces
Liar
Would
Shrinks
Men
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