I leaf through books, I do not study them. What I retain of them is something I no longer recognize as anyone else's.
Michel de MontaigneOnce conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
Michel de MontaignePride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.
Michel de MontaigneThe truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.
Michel de Montaigne