The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shad… - Michel de Montaigne

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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.

Michel de Montaigne

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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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Alternative Names: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne • Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha • Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha

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Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.

"Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgement on him."

-from "By diverse means we arrive at the same end"

What of a truth that is bounded by these mountains and is falsehood to the world that lives beyond?

The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing. - Michel de Montaigne

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