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[Montaigne] had seen himself in comfort, and in the company of his books; now he found himself among [others], in strange society, traveling through unfamiliar scenery, and often in severe pain. All this gave him fresh means for self-examination.
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So many towns razed to the ground, so many nations exterminated, so many millions put to the sword, and the richest and fairest part of the world turned upside down for the benefit of the pearl and pepper trades! Mere commercial victories! Never did ambition, never did public hatreds drive men, one against another, to such terrible acts of hostility, and to such miserable disasters.
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It is a very poor father that has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance — always supposing that this can be called affection at all.
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I am not so much afraid of a muleteer's gambling as of his being a fool, and I would rather have a cook swear than be incompetent.
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