About Michel de Montaigne
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( mon-TAYN; French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; Middle French: [miˈʃɛl ejˈkɛm də mõnˈtaɲə]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as...
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whoever saw old age that did not applaud the past and condemn the present?
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.