Michel de Montaigne1533–1592The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom.
Essais (wr. 1571–92; pub. 1580–95), Book I, Ch. 22. Of Custom (tr. Cotton, rev. W. Hazlitt, 1842)
Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Michel de Montaigne1533–1592The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom.
