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Source: Essays, bk. 3, ch. 8, Of the Art of Conferring, (tr. by John Florio, 1580).
-- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, (Feb 28 1553-1592), French essayist, courtier; His Essais (Essays) established a new literary form, and often used quotations from classical writers.


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