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We are all lumps, and of so various and inform a contexture, that every piece plays, every moment, its own game, and there is as much difference betwixt us and ourselves as betwixt us and others.
We are all lumps, and of so various and inform a contexture, that every piece plays, every moment, its own game, and there is as much difference betwixt us and ourselves as betwixt us and others.
Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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- Michel de Montaigne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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