Regarding Montaigne
Dozens of readers have written in after my last post asking “who is this Montaigne guy?” Well, might I recommend his essay Of Experience? What a truly beautiful man of the 16th century; and what gratitude we feel for the accessibility of his words today.
… for truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and indiscriminately; its use, noble as it is, has its circumspections and limits.