Friendship on the contrary is enjoyed in proportion to our … - Michel de Montaigne

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Friendship on the contrary is enjoyed in proportion to our desire: since it is a matter of the mind, with our souls being purified by practising it

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.

If I am pressed to say why I loved him, I feel it can only be explained by replying: 'Because it was he; because it was me.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

Friendship on the contrary is enjoyed in proportion to our desire: since it is a matter of the mind, with our souls being purified by practising it - Michel de Montaigne

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