Michel de Montaigne on Comparisons

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“A man must either imitate the vicious or hate them.”

imitate vicious either

“We are nearer neighbours to ourselves than whiteness to snow, or weight to stones.”

neighbours ourselves whiteness

“The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould. * * * The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbour causes a war betwixt princes.”

same neighbour emperors

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