I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself; but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.
Michel de MontaigneThe corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty, according to their power.
Michel de MontaigneWe find ourselves more taken with the running up and down, the games, and puerile simplicities of our children, than we do, afterward, with their most complete actions; as if we had loved them for our sport, like monkeys, and not as men.
Michel de Montaigne