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 MontaigneOh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.
Michel de MontaigneNature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.
Michel de MontaigneI have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.
Michel de MontaigneThe general order of things that takes care of fleas and moles also takes care of men, if they will have the same patience that fleas and moles have, to leave it to itself.
Michel de MontaigneThe worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable.
Michel de Montaigne