Happy are they who can please and delight their senses with… - Michel de Montaigne

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Happy are they who can please and delight their senses with things insensate — and who can live off their death.

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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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.

There were never in the world two opinions alike, any more than two hairs or two grains. Their most universal quality is diversity.

Happy are they who can please and delight their senses with things insensate — and who can live off their death. - Michel de Montaigne

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