I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory. ✨ Mic…

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I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory. ✨ Michel de Montaigne Annotated Essays of Michel de Montaigne with English Grammar Exercises: by Michel de Montaigne (Author), Robert Powell (Editor), Powell Publications, LLC
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Give me the provisions and whole apparatus of a kitchen, and I would starve. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, Marvin Lowenthal (1999). The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wises … ▶
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
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I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory. ✨ Michel de Montaigne Annotated Essays of Michel de Montaigne with English Grammar Exercises: by Michel de Montaigne (Author), Robert Powell (Editor), Powell Publications, LLC

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