Michel de Montaigne: The world is all a carcass and vanity , The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing .

The world is all a carcass and vanity , The shadow of a shadow, a play And in on — Michel de Montaigne

The world is all a carcass and vanity , The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing .

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