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Michel de Montaigne

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Biography - Michel de Montaigne:

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

Few men have been admired by their own households.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Peu d'hommes ont été admirés par leurs domestiques.

German
Wenige Männer sind von ihren Dienern bewundert worden.




See also 

See also...



Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are.

If a man spreads my failings abroad, he is my master, even though he were my servant.




Quotes

Michel de Montaigne also said...


When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.





I think my opinions are good and sound, but who does not think the same of his own?





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.





Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.





There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.












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