Michel de Montaigne: For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has i

For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in e — Michel de Montaigne

For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.

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