Michel De MontaigneL'honneste est stable et permanent.
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L'honneste est stable et permanent meaning: The honorable is stable and permanent. L'honneste is the old French word for honorable and stable and it is a way of saying that something is honorable and does not change regardless of the situation.
Source: The Complete Essays
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