And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?
Michel de MontaigneNo man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.
Michel de MontaigneAn honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise of it. It is the custom of his country, and there is profit in it. We must live by the world, and such as we find it, so make use of it.
Michel de Montaigne