There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret thing…

Michel de Montaigne
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There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but comment upon one another. Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays, p.1093, 谷月社
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A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself. ✨ Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 462-63, Essays, Of Solitude, 1922.
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.208, Stanford University Press
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I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.109, Stanford University Press
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