there is nothing we can do longer than think, no activity t… - Michel de Montaigne

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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:

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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My art and profession is to live.

All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

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

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