There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whol…

Michel de Montaigne
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. ✨ 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.265
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