It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd.
Michel de MontaigneThe first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty.
Michel de MontaigneIf I can, I shall keep my death from saying anything that my life has not already said.
Michel de Montaigne