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• Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...
• My appetite comes to me while eating. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
  ix...
• It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book i, Chap. ix, Of Lia...
• For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...
• I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], "excellent mediocrity," -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
  xiii...
• Saturninus said, "Comrades, you have lost a good captain to make him an ill general.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• Like rowers, who advance backward. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
  i, Of Profit and Honesty...