There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is ordered by orders, method, and discipline.
More Quotes from Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition and perchance to some excess I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
This notion skepticism is more clearly understood by asking 'What do I know'
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Saying is one thing and doing is another.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
I listen with attention to the judgement of all men but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Discipline Quotes, Life QuotesBased on Keywords: sottish
History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security.
Phyllis Schlafly
Now we are in a situation in which for a significant part of the industrial world too much could become a danger, especially too much of the things which are really not good for us in such large quantities.
Marvin Harris
The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.
George Santayana