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" I have seen no more evident monstrosity10 and miracle in the world than myself. We become habituated to anything strange by use and time; but the more I frequent myself and know myself, the more my deformity astonishes me, and the less I understand myself. "

Sarah Bakewell , How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer


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Sarah Bakewell quote : I have seen no more evident monstrosity10 and miracle in the world than myself. We become habituated to anything strange by use and time; but the more I frequent myself and know myself, the more my deformity astonishes me, and the less I understand myself.