Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art. Michel de Montaigne More Quotes by Michel de Montaigne More Quotes From Michel de Montaigne O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce. Michel de Montaigne farce fool arrogance .. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist in, they wanted to put their children directly in touch with actual cases, teaching them not by hearsay but by actively assaying them, vigorously molding and forming them not merely by word and precept but chiefly by deeds and examples, so that wisdom should not be something which the soul knows but the soul's very essence and temperament, not something acquired but a natural property. Michel de Montaigne educational determination children He whose mouth is out of taste says the wine is flat. Michel de Montaigne wine taste mouths Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows. Michel de Montaigne tranquility fame quiet The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own. Michel de Montaigne thyme here-and-there flower An honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise of it. It is the custom of his country, and there is profit in it. We must live by the world, and such as we find it, so make use of it. Michel de Montaigne honesty exercise country Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him be taught to throw down his arms and surrender to truth as soon as he perceives it, whether the truth is born at his rival's doing or within himself from some change in his ideas. Michel de Montaigne words-of-wisdom educational ideas Human understanding is marvellously enlightened by daily conversation with men, for we are, otherwise, compressed and heaped up in ourselves, and have our sight limited to the length of our own noses. Michel de Montaigne understanding sight men Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private. Michel de Montaigne decent dare enough It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him. Michel de Montaigne mind men two Order a purge for your brain, it will there be much better employed than upon your stomach. Michel de Montaigne stomach brain order No man profiteth but by the loss of others. Michel de Montaigne loss men Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service. Michel de Montaigne plagiarism stealing glad Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark. Michel de Montaigne intelligence pieces wisdom The daughter-in-law of Pythagoras said that a woman who goes to bed with a man ought to lay aside her modesty with her skirt, and put it on again with her petticoat Michel de Montaigne daughter law men Every man carries the entire form of human condition. Michel de Montaigne human-condition form men For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts. Michel de Montaigne all-time privilege A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself. Michel de Montaigne ignorance all-things men Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to be so, is content; and in him alone belief gives itself being and reality Michel de Montaigne giving believe reality I leaf through books, I do not study them. What I retain of them is something I no longer recognize as anyone else's. Michel de Montaigne learning study book
