Michel de Montaigne

France
28 Feb 1533 // 13 Sep 1592
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There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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