Arts And Sciences Are Not Cast In A Mould, But Are Formed And Perfected
By Degrees, By Often Handling And Polishing, As Bears Leisurely Lick
Their Cubs Into Form.
Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are formed and perfected
by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick
their cubs into form.
-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592)
-- Essays, Book ii, Chap. xii, Apology for Raimond Sebond