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Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to be so, is content; and in him alone belief gives itself being and reality - Montaigne

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French moralist and essayist, 1533-92

Author Keywords: Essayist, Moralist, French

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Agnes Repplier, Lewis H Lapham, Walter Pater, Charles Peguy, Max Beerbohm

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