Those Who Give The First Shock To A State Are The First Overwhelmed In Its Ruin; The Fruits Of Public Commotion Are Seldom Enjoyed By Him Who Was The First Mover; He Only Beats The Water For Another's Net.

-Michel De Montaigne

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Those Who Give The First Shock To

Michel De Montaigne

Those Who Give The First Shock To A State Are The First Overwhelmed In Its Ruin; The Fruits Of Public Commotion Are Seldom Enjoyed By Him Who Was The First Mover; He Only Beats The Water For Another's Net.

Topic

Giving

Water

Ruins

There Is A Plague On Man, The Opinion That He Knows Something.

Men

Opinion

Plague