The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.
Michel de MontaigneAmongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.
Michel de MontaigneOur truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.
Michel de Montaigne