Je veux que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux. - Michel de Montaigne

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Je veux que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux.

Michel de Montaigne

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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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In marriage, alliances and money rightly weigh at least as much as attractiveness and beauty.

He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.

Whether we are running our home or studying or hunting or following any other sport, we should go to the very boundaries of pleasure but take good care not to be involved beyond the point where it begins to be mingled with pain.