Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet h... - Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens."
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"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."
"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I."
"It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance."