True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the scho…

Michel de Montaigne
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True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet sound out of the school of severity and restraint.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
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True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet sound out of the school of severity and restraint.

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