Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subje…

Michel de Montaigne
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Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2013). Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays, p.3, Courier Corporation
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Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2013). Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays, p.3, Courier Corporation

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