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Plato says, "'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses;" and Aristotle says "that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of folly."

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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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there is nothing we can do longer than think, no activity to which we can devote ourselves more regularly nor more easily:

Je ne dis les autres, sinon pour d'autant plus me dire.

I...think it much more supportable to be always alone, than never to be so.

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