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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20.12.10

il n'y a tel que d'allécher l'appétit et l'affection [des enfants], autrement on ne fait que des ânes chargés de livres.

One should nourish children's enthusiasm and ability to feel - otherwise they just become book-laden mules.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl20 December 2010 at 02:11

    And indeed universal 'education' has since turned people into rule-harried mules.

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