I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought no…

Michel de Montaigne
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I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tied them together. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt (1845). The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices, &c. &c, p.489
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