Michel de Montaigne Quote

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"No hay pasión tan contagiosa como la del miedo."

Translations

“We are all framed of frailty and error let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly that ...”

Michel de Montaigne

“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.”

“The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser.”

“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”

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