Michel de Montaigne

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Biography : Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is a French Renaissance writer and philosopher.
Born: 1533 - Died: 1592
Period:
16th century
Place of birth: France
France

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Michel de Montaigne - Quotes

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
Michel de Montaigne

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but careless of death, and still more of my unfinished garden.
Michel de Montaigne - Essays /

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
Michel de Montaigne - Essays /

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