1533-1592, French Essayist, Moralist
Affirmation / Approval I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own. I would be rich of myself and not by borrowing.
Age / Ageing The value of life does not lie in the number of years but in the use you make of them … Whether you have lived enough depends on your will, not on the number of your years. Essais , 1580
Anger There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgment as doth anger.
Autonomy / Control The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. Essais , 1580
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