There is a huge gulf between the man who follows the conventions and l…

Michel de Montaigne
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There is a huge gulf between the man who follows the conventions and laws of his country and the man who sets out to regiment them and to change them. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1991). The essays of Michel de Montaigne, Lane, Allen
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