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Michel de Montaigne Quotes: There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.
         

There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.


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This page presents the quote "There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.". Author of this quote is Michel de Montaigne. This quote is about kings, vermin, flattery,.