An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.
Michel de MontaigneWe have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one. There is, indeed, a certain low and moderate sort of poetry, that a man may well enough judge by certain rules of art; but the true, supreme, and divine poesy is equally above all rules and reason. And whoever discerns the beauty of it with the most assured and most steady sight sees no more than the quick reflection of a flash of lightning.
Michel de MontaigneTruth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.
Michel de Montaigne