I would rather produce my passions than brood over them at my expense; they grow languid when they have vent and expression. It is better that their point should operate outwardly than be turned against us.
Michel de MontaigneEven opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life.
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 MontaigneI have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.
Michel de Montaigne