John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9281 Mihel Eyquem
| NUMBER: | 9281 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | Plato says, “’T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses;” and Aristotle says “that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of folly.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book ii. Chap. ii. Of Drunkenness. |
| Note 1. See Dryden, Quotation 5. [back] |