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“ ”Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
About Michel de Montaigne
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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Additional quotes by Michel de Montaigne
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
Happiness is a singular incentive to mediocrity.