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He that is a friend to himself, know he is a friend to all.
Michel de Montaigne
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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
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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The share we have in the knowledge of truth, such as it is, has not been acquired by our own powers. God has taught ushis wonderful secrets our faith is not of our acquiring, it is purely the gift of another's bounty.
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I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.
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We call comeliness a mischance in the first respect, which belongs principally to the face.
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He that I am reading seems always to have the most force.
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We do not marry for ourselves, whatever we say we marry just as much or more for our posterity, for our family. The practice and benefit of marriage concerns our race very far beyond us.
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I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.
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Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]
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The body enjoys a great share in our being, and has an eminent place in it. Its structure and composition, therefore, are worthy of proper consideration.
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The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all they will chew our meat for us.
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Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.
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Some, either from being glued to vice by a natural attachment, or from long habit, no longer recognize its ugliness.
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Everyone gives the title of barbarism to everything that is not in use in his own country.
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