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Michel de Montaigne Quotes: When I religiously confess myself to myself I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.
         

When I religiously confess myself to myself I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.


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When I religiously confess myself to myself I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.
         



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