A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite u…

Michel de Montaigne
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A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude. ✨ 'Essais' (1580) bk. 1, ch. 39
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A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude. ✨ 'Essais' (1580) bk. 1, ch. 39

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