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Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state. - Montaigne

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French moralist and essayist, 1533-92

Author Keywords: Essayist, Moralist, French

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Agnes Repplier, Lewis H Lapham, Walter Pater, Charles Peguy, Max Beerbohm

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