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French Philosopher, Writer February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592

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In the year of Christ 1571, at the age of thirty-eight, on the last day of February, anniversary of his birth, Michel de Montaigne, lon weary of the servitude of the court and of public employments, while still entire, retired to the bosom of the learned Virgins [Muses], where in calm and freedom from all cares he will spend what little remains of his life now more than half run out. If the fates permit, he will completethis abode, this sweet ancestral retreat; and he has consecrated it to... Michel de Montaigne
To compensate a little for the treachery and weakness of my memory, so extreme that it has happened to me more than once to pick up again...books which I have read carefully a few years before. I have adopted the habit for some time now of adding at the end of each book the time I finished reading it and the judgment I have derived of it as a whole, so that this may represent to me at least the sense and general idea I had conceived of the author in reading it. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself...."
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what..."
I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am..."
I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself. Michel de Montaigne

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