Truly man is a marvellously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgement on him. (Michel de Montaigne)

Truly man is a marvellously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgement on him.

Michel de Montaigne

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