"I prefer the company of…" — Michel de Montaigne

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Je préfère la compagnie des paysans parce qu'ils n'ont pas été suffisamment éduqués pour raisonner incorrectement.

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“Lend yourself to others but give yourself to yourself”

Michel de Montaigne

“My trade and my art is to live.”

“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”

“A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can”

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