One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us and whereto our passions transport us. But those which by long habit are rooted in a strong and anchored in a powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies, which diverts us here and there.
Michel de MontaigneThe middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.
Michel de Montaigne