"I speak the truth, not so much…" — Michel de Montaigne

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Je dis la vérité, pas autant que je le voudrais, mais autant que j'ose, et j'ose un peu plus en vieillissant.

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“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.”

Michel de Montaigne

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