Did I know myself less, I might perhaps venture to handle something or other to the bottom, and to be deceived in my own inability; but sprinkling here one word and there another, patterns cut from severalpieces and scattered without design and without engaging myself too far, I am not responsible for them, or obliged to keep close to my subject, without varying at my own liberty and pleasure, and giving up myself to doubt and uncertainty, and to myown governing method, ignorance. Michel De Montaigne
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When you are uncertain about something, you can either be sure that the answer is correct or you can be unclear. If you are certain about an answer then it can be accessed easily, however, if you are unsure of the answer then it might take more effort to find the correct one. This quote is saying that someone who is uncertain about something will often make an attempt to look for the answer and do their best to reach one. However, they will not be able to accurately guess what the correct answer is.

Source: The Complete Essays

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