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# Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592

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##  Quotes by Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592

> [“Life in itself is neither good or evil. It is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592/life-in-itself-is-neither-good-or-evil-it-is-the-place-of-good-and/)

Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592

[Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592_good-and-evil_life-in-itself-is-neither-good-or-evil-i_907858.jpg)

> [“I would rather be an authority on myself than on Cicero.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592/i-would-rather-be-an-authority-on-myself-than-on-cicero/)

Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592

[Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592_know-thyself_i-would-rather-be-an-authority-on-myself_1256307.jpg)

> [“We should be simiarly wary of acceping common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592/we-should-be-simiarly-wary-of-acceping-common-opinions-we-should/)

Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592

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> [“Sorry the man, to my mind, who has not in his own home a place to be all by himself, to pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592/sorry-the-man-to-my-mind-who-has-not-in-his-own-home-a-place-to-be/)

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592

[Greatness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatness/)

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> [“In the year of Christ 1571, at the age of thirty-eight, on the last day of February, anniversary of his birth, Michel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592/in-the-year-of-christ-1571-at-the-age-of-thirty-eight-on-the-last-day/)

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592

[Last day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/last-day/)

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