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

Michel de Montaigne
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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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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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