"And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?"

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My library is my kingdom, and here I try to make my rule absolute-shutting off this single nook from wife, daughter and society. Elsewhere I have only a verbal authority, and vague. Unhappy is the man, in my opinion, who has no spot at home where he can be at home to himself-to court himself and hide away.

— Michel de Montaigne