That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils o…

Michel de Montaigne
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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 me. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1991). The essays of Michel de Montaigne, Lane, Allen
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It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1872). All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, p.518
It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason. ✨ M … ▶
A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.
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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 me. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1991). The essays of Michel de Montaigne, Lane, Allen

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