Michel de Montaigne Quote

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"La plus grande chose au monde est de savoir comment s'appartenir."

Translations

“My trade and my art is to live.”

Michel de Montaigne

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

“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”

“The only thing certain is nothing is certain.”

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