Citations de Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, 1533-1592

Quotations from Montaigne's Essays
selected and translated by Anthony Weir
with glosses and comments.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne
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28.9.10

Mieux vaut tête bien faite que tête bien pleine.

A good mind is better than a gorged one.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl28 September 2010 at 03:03

    ..or, "a stuffed one." In other words, innocence and sincerity are better than information and learning. Literary critics take note.

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