I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own.
Michel de MontaigneI see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.
Michel de MontaigneReport followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto.
Michel de MontaigneThose who make a practice of comparing human actions are never so perplexed as when they try to see them as a whole and in the same light; for they commonly contradict each other so strangely that it seems impossible that they have come from the same shop.
Michel de Montaigne