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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
(28 Feb 1533 - 13 Sep 1592)
French philosopher and essayist who was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. (Also known as Michel de Montaigne, Michel de Eyquem Montaigne, Michel Montaigne.)
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Science Quotes by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (3)
L'homme est bien insensé. Il ne saurait forger un ciron, et forge des Dieux à douzaines.
Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen.
Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen.
— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne, trans. Donald M. Frame (1958), 834.
See also: | God (121)
We should give free passage to diseases; ... Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.
— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne, trans. Donald M. Frame (1958), 395.
See also: | Disease (115)
Who ever saw a doctor use the prescription of his colleague without cutting out or adding something?
— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne, trans. Donald M. Frame (1958), 584.
