She [virtue] requires a rough and stormy passage; she will have either
outward difficulties to wrestle with,
-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592)
-- Essays, Book ii, Chap. xi, Of Cruelty
outward difficulties to wrestle with,
-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592)
-- Essays, Book ii, Chap. xi, Of Cruelty
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-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592)
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Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii... - How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!
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-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592)
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-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592)
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Essays, Book ii, Chap. xvii, Of...
