Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of…

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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
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No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only in different men but in the same men at different times. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (195 … ▶
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The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little. ✨ Michel de Montaigne Annotated Essays of Michel de Montaigne … ▶

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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