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I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice. — Michel de Montaigne

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I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.

In the original French

Je trouve que la meilleure bonté que j'aye, a de la teinture vicieuse.

Michel de Montaigne
Essays · 1580
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Topic
Duality of manYin and yang
Medium
Essay
Time
1580The Renaissance
Person
Michel de Montaigne
Provenance
Current citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "We Can Savour Nothing Pure." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.
Original citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "Nous ne Goustons Rien de Pur [That We Taste Nothing Pure]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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