I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits.
Michel de MontaigneI aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
Michel de MontaigneWe endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in men's mouths, in what manner soever. It stemma that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other men's keeping.
Michel de Montaigne