What did Michel de Montaigne mean by: The archer who overshoots his mark does no better than he who falls short of it. - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France Copy
+ It is a human tendency “to measure truth and error by our capacity.” Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Capacity, Errors, Reality, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ Let [children] be able to do all things, and love to do only the good. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Children, Education, Freedom, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ Every man carries the entire form of human condition. Feraz Zeid, June 20, 2023December 12, 2023, Michel de Montaigne, Form, Human, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Opinion, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Government, Imperfection, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ In plain Truth, it is no Want, but rather Abundance that creates Avarice. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Abundance, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. Feraz Zeid, August 20, 2023December 12, 2023, Michel de Montaigne, Fear, Passion, Worry, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ Whoever will be cured of ignorance, let him confess it. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 26, 2023, Michel de Montaigne, Ignorance, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
