What of a truth that is bounded by these mountains and is falsehood to…

Michel de Montaigne
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What of a truth that is bounded by these mountains and is falsehood to the world that lives beyond? ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1973). Selections from the Essays, Harlan Davidson
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