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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
Approximate historical placement: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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- Michel de Montaigne
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1533 to 1592; Wikidata Q41568, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41568 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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