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I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions. - Michel de Montaigne Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Apology For Raymond Sebond,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. II, ch. 12, Abel Langelier, Paris (1595).

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