Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
Michel de MontaigneI write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
Michel de MontaigneReport followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto.
Michel de MontaigneWhat a wonderful thing it is that drop of seed, from which we are produced, bears in itself the impressions, not only of the bodily shape, but of the thoughts and inclinations of our fathers!
Michel de MontaigneVirtue cannot be followed but for herself, and if one sometimes borrows her mask to some other purpose, she presently pulls it away again.
Michel de MontaigneLearning is not to be tacked to the mind, but we must fuse and blend them together, not merely giving the mind a slight tincture, but a thorough and perfect dye. And if we perceive no evident change and improvement, it would be better to leave it alone; learning is a dangerous weapon, and apt to wound its master if it be wielded by a feeble hand, and by one not well acquainted with its use.
Michel de Montaigne