Michel de Montaigne

Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from read more

Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end

Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences read more

I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.