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" I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate. "

Michel de Montaigne

Man

You

Humble

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Cat

She

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Death

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Exists

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