Michel de Montaigne Quote

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"Nous pouvons être savants avec le savoir des autres hommes mais nous ne pouvons pas être sages avec la sagesse des autres hommes."

Translations

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened”

Michel de Montaigne

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