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Truly, it is not want, but rather abundance, that breeds avarice.
Michel de Montaigne
— Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne, in "That the taste of good and evil depends, for a good part, on the idea we have of them" in The Essays, Bk. I, Chapter 14, 1st edition (1580).

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Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne, in "That the taste of good and evil depends, for a good part, on the idea we have of them" in The Essays, Bk. I, Chapter 14, 1st edition (1580).
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