Michel de Montaigne - About god - 117655

"The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.“

-Michel de Montaigne

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The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

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