Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment
More Quotes from Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:
Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy love for him.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
What harm cause not those huge draughts or pictures which wanton youth with chalk or coals draw in each passage, wall or stairs of our great houses, whence a cruel contempt of our natural store is bred in them
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Lies Lying'He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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