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Michel de Montaigne (1533 – 1592)


Influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay.
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Michel de Montaigne
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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As far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man.




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When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
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