No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do…

Michel de Montaigne
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No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.
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He who would teach men to die would teach them to live. ✨ Essais bk. 1, ch. 20 (1580) See Porteus 2
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The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes. ✨ Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book II, Ch. 12, 1 … ▶
That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: Shut up, he said, so that they do not realize that you are here with m … ▶
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