"The value of life lies not in…" — Michel de Montaigne

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El valor de la vida no reside en la longitud de los días, sino en el uso que hacemos de ellos

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“The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge.”

Michel de Montaigne

“I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.”

“Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.”

“The soul that has no established aim loses itself.”

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