Who ever saw a doctor use the prescription of his colleague without cutting out or adding something?
Michel de MontaigneHe was doubtless an understanding Fellow that said, there was no happy Marriage but betwixt a blind Wife and a deaf Husband.
Michel de MontaigneOur truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.
Michel de MontaigneAnyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
Michel de MontaignePythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others bring trinkets to sell to the crowd for gain; and some there are, and not the worst, who seek no other profit than to look at the show and see how and why everything is done; spectators of the life of other people in order to judge and regulate their own.
Michel de Montaigne