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The greatest thing in the world is for a person to know that they belong to themselves
Drawn from what Michel de Montaigne said
What Michel de Montaigne actually said
- Michel de Montaigne French essayist and philosopher (1533 to 1592)
The greatest thing in the world is for a man to know that he is his own.
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↗Essays (tr. Charles Cotton, ed. W. C. Hazlitt, 1877)gutenberg.org
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