For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any tim…

Michel de Montaigne
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For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1976). The Complete Essays of Montaigne
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