Plato says, "'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses;" and Aristotle says "that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of folly."


Book II, ch. 2. Of Drunkenness - Essais (1595) - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Plato says, 'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses; and Aristotle says that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture ...

Plato says, 'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses; and Aristotle says that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture ...

Plato says, 'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses; and Aristotle says that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture ...

Plato says, 'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses; and Aristotle says that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture ...