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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



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Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: French
Born: February 28, 1533
Died: September 13, 1592

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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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My trade and art is to live.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Among, Contradictions, Find, Going, Keep, Mad, Mankind, Myself, Out, Some, Those, Work, Write
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