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Michel de Montaigne

Life dates: 1533 AD — 1592 AD

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1562 AD

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

Michel de Montaigne / quote

02c. 1562 AD

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

Michel de Montaigne / quote