“ Bees plunder the flowers here and there, but afterward they make of them honey, which is all theirs; it is no longer thyme or marjoram. Even so with the pieces borrowed from others; one will transform and blend them to make a work that is all one’s own, that is, one’s judgement.
Michel de Montaigne, “On the Education of Children” (1579-1580) (via Joanne Mcneil)
