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Michel de Montaigne Quotes About Acceptance

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  • Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

    Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.
  • A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.

    Michel de Montaigne, Marvin Lowenthal (1999). “The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions”, p.293, David R. Godine Publisher

Michel de Montaigne

  • Born: February 28, 1533
  • Died: September 13, 1592
  • Occupation: Writer
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