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How many things were articles of faith to us yesterday that are fables to us today?

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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A man must be a little mad if he does not want to be even more stupid.

We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.

I am not so shocked by savages who roast and eat the bodies of their dead as by those who torture and persecute the living.

How many things were articles of faith to us yesterday that are fables to us today? - Michel de Montaigne

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