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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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I am very puzzled by the fact that young people are getting infected again. They don't take precautions despite an enormous amount of information. It's like riding a race car at 200 kilometers an hour. Some people like the risk. ↗

— Luc Montagnier

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It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe. ↗

— Luc Montagnier

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I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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