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It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

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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He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.

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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.

of countering it if that had been the only factor, since all non-rational inborn tendencies are a kind of disease which ought to be fought against.

Is it that we pretend to a reformation? Truly, no: but it may be we are more addicted to Venus than our fathers were. They are two exercises that thwart and hinder one another in their vigor. Lechery weakens our stomach on the one side; and on the other sobriety renders us more spruce and amorous for the exercise of love.

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying. - Michel de Montaigne

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