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The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom - 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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