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Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.

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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
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French Moralist
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
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