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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.

~Michel De Montaigne

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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.

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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

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

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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 28th, 1533

Died: September 13th, 1592

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