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"Cest ce de quoi jai le plus de peur que la peur."
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Michel de Montaigne
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, commonly known as just Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. Montaigne had a direct influence on numerous writers of Western literature; his Essais
"Cest ce de quoi jai le plus de peur que la peur."
"The day of your birth is one day’s advance towards the grave."
"The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom."
"Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness."
"... il nest rien creu si fermement que ce quon sçait le moins, ..."
"All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate."