“I have seen no more evident monstrosity and miracle in the world than myself.”

—  Michel De Montaigne , book Essays

Book III, Ch. 11
Essais (1595), Book III

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

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