I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than mysel…

Michel de Montaigne
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, George Savile Marquis of Halifax (1743). Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator, p.295
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, George Savile Marquis of Halifax (1743). Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator, p.295

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