Michel de Montaigne Quote

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"Le signe le plus certain de la sagesse est le bonheur"

Translations

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

“The soul that has no established aim loses itself.”

“It is not death that alarms me, but dying.”

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