Michel de Montaigne: "I care not so much what I am to…"

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Je me soucie moins de ce que je suis pour les autres que de ce que je suis pour moi-même

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“The clatter of arms drowns the voice of law”

Michel de Montaigne

“To know how to live is my trade and my art”

“He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak”

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened”

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