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To die is not to play a part in society it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends let us die and sulk among strangers.

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
Play
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Dies
Friends
Sulk
Society
Strangers
Part
Stranger
Persons
Laugh
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Among
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