Michel de Montaigne quote: It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and ...

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.

~ Michel de Montaigne ~

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