Maxioms by Michel De Montaigne
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, read more
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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.
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
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn read more
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar
The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar
