Michel de Montaigne: "Even on the most exalted throne…"

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世界で最も高貴な王座にあっても、私たちは自分の尻に座っているだけだ。

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“To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way clean contr...”

Michel de Montaigne

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