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As one might say of me that I have only made here a collection of other people's flowers, having provided nothing of my own but the cord to bind them together.

— Michel de Montaigne

Comme quelqu'un pourroit dire de moy, que j'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs estrangieres, n'y ayant fourny du mien que le filet à les lier.

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