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'Tis a passion that is pleased with and flatters itself. How often, be… — Essays

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Essays — Michel de Montaigne

'Tis a passion that is pleased with and flatters itself. How often, being moved under a false cause, if the person offending makes a good defence and presents us with a just excuse, are we angry against truth and innocence itself? In proof of which, I remember a marvellous example of antiquity.

Place: CHAPTER XXXI · ¶3468
License: Public domain · Source
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