“It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.”

Source: The Complete Essays

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(1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, … 1533–1592

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