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I, who have so much and so universally adored this ἄριστον μέτρον, "excellent mediocrity," of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age?
I, who have so much and so universally adored this ἄριστον μέτρον, "excellent mediocrity," of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age?
Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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- Michael De Montaigne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
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