Michel de Montaigne Quote

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""Un aviron droit semble courbé dans l'eau.""

Translations

“Lend yourself to others but give yourself to yourself”

Michel de Montaigne

“We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”

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

“A straight oar looks bent in the water.”

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