Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves by railing at…

Michel de Montaigne
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Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves by railing at it; and yet it is not absolutely railing against anything, to proclaim its defects, because they are in all things to be found, how beautiful or how much to be coveted soever. ✨ Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays.
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Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves by railing at it; and yet it is not absolutely railing against anything, to proclaim its defects, because they are in all things to be found, how beautiful or how much to be coveted soever. ✨ Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays.

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