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Aesop, that great man, saw his master making water as he walked. “What!” he said, “Must we void ourselves as we run?” Use our time as best we may, yet a great part of it will still be idly and ill spent. - Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Of Experience,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. III, ch. 13, Abel Langelier, Paris (1595).

Categories: Behavior, Body, Essayist, Time

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