"Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have lived it; I neither..." - Michel de Montaigne

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“Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have lived it; I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.”

— Michel de Montaigne

Imagine being so at peace with your choices that you'd do it all again — mistakes and all. That kind of self-acceptance doesn't come from perfection; it comes from living honestly.

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