We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, …

Michel de Montaigne
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We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays, p.52, 谷月社
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Saying is one thing and doing is another ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.541, Stanford University Press
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Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen. ✨ Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book II, Ch. 12, 1595.

We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays, p.52, 谷月社

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