In truth, the care and expense of our fathers aims only at furnishing our heads with knowledge; of judgement and virtue, little news.
Michel de MontaigneSocrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]
Michel de MontaigneIn general I ask for books that make use of learning, not those that build it up.
Michel de Montaigne