If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also b…

Michel de Montaigne
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If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1991). The essays of Michel de Montaigne, Lane, Allen
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If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1991). The essays of Michel de Montaigne, Lane, Allen

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