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And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
[Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.]Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), “Of Solitude [De la solitude]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…
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Wherever your life ends,
it is all there.
The advantage of living
is not measured by length
but by use.
Some people have lived long
and lived little.
Attend to it while you are in it.
It lies in your will,
not in the number of years,
for you to have lived enough.
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