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He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever lived for our honor nor ought that to be reputed ours, which was long before we had a being for what advantage can it be to a blind man to know that his parents had good eyes? Does he see one whit the better?

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Pierre Charron
Age: 62 †
Born: 1541
Born: January 1
Died: 1603
Died: November 16
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