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People give the name of zeal to their propensity to mischief and violence, though it is not the cause, but their interest, that inflames them.
People give the name of zeal to their propensity to mischief and violence, though it is not the cause, but their interest, that inflames them.
Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Michael De Montaigne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1533–1592)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 284 · printed citation: Montaigne · subject: Zeal
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