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• The public weal requires that men should betray and lie and massacre.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. i, Of Profit and Honesty...
• I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], "excellent mediocrity," -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
  xiii...
• I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xi...
• Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• And not to serve for a table-talk. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  iii, The Custom of the Isle of Cea...
• For a desperate disease a desperate cure. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  iii, The Custom of the Isle of Cea...
• Habit is a second nature. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. x
• Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xi...
• My appetite comes to me while eating. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
  ix...