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View Plans“ ”Death is not one of our social managements; it is a scene with one character.
Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem, lord of the manor of Montaigne, Dordogne) (28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay.
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View PlansTo an atheist all writings tend to atheism: he corrupts the most innocent matter with his own venom.
We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom.
Let us grant to political government to endure them with patience, however unworthy; to conceal their vices; and to assist them with our recommendation in their indifferent actions, whilst their authority stands in need of our support.