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title: "3 Plague Man Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-plague-of-man-is-boasting-of-his-knowledge/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [“Fear was the worst evil ever to plague a man, for with it came hesitation and with that, inaction, failure, death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mcphail/fear-was-the-worst-evil-ever-to-plague-a-man-for-with-it-came/)

[Melissa McPhail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-mcphail/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/melissa-mcphail-24845_attitude-toward-life_fear-was-the-worst-evil-ever-to-plague-a_2625287.jpg)

> [There is a plague on Man, the opinion that he knows something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/there-is-a-plague-on-man-the-opinion-that-he-knows-something/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/michel-de-montaigne-142_knows_there-is-a-plague-on-man-the-opinion-tha_3177573.jpg)

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