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It is not my deeds that I write down, it is myself, my essence.
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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No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.
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