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• The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, "O God!
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• Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre?
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• I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xi...
• I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap. xx, That we taste nothing pure...
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• For a desperate disease a desperate cure. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
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• One may be humble out of pride. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
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• Saying is one thing, doing another. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
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