Michel de Montaigne quote: The wise man lives as long as he ought, not...

The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can.

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Michel de Montaigne, George Savile Marquis of Halifax (1743). “Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator”, p.22

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