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

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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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Alternative Names: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne • Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha • Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Voltaire Friedrich Nietzsche Johann Wolfgang von Goethe William Hazlitt Ralph Waldo Emerson

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