The beautiful souls are they that are universal, o — Montaigne

There is scarcely any less bother in the running of a family than in that of an entire state. And domestic business is no less importunate for being less important. Essais (1580, ed. M. Rat, 1958) bk. 1, ch. 39 ♥ 2 Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by their servants. If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor? The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor, causes a war between princes.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. Albert Einstein I can resist everything except temptation. Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) act 1 Oscar Wilde Ignorance is not innocence but sin. The Inn Album, V Robert Browning