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Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.[Le long temps viure, et le peu de temps viure est rendu tout vn par la mort. Car le long et le court n’est point aux choses qui ne sont plus.]

Source:Essays of Montaigne (ed. William Carew Hazlitt, 1877), Volume I, Book I, Chapter 19, Page 90
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  • Name: Michel de Montaigne
  • Profession: Philosopher
  • Born: February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592
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