No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten tim…

Michel de Montaigne
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No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1915). The essays of Michael, lord of Montaigne
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Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustr … ▶
Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1991). The essays of Michel de Montaigne, Lane, Allen
The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1912*). The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
Every man carries the entire form of human condition. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1872). All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, p.669

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1915). The essays of Michael, lord of Montaigne

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