John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9306 Mihel Eyquem
| NUMBER: | 9306 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | The public weal requires that men should betray and lie and massacre. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book iii. Chap. i. Of Profit and Honesty. |