#ran

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#his #ignorance #man #pillow #rest

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#bit #blunder #book #boy #comes

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#generous #most #proudest #strangest #true

I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant? ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#been #egoism #future #god #hidden

We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#even #grand #great #ideals #life

You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge. ↗

— Chris Morris

#interest #knowledge #maintain #more #only

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for a long time were major creditors for Greece and Greek banks. ↗

— Mario Monti

#banks #creditors #done #france #french

Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations. ↗

— Mario Monti

#assessment #best #companies #competition #considerations

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#broken #heart #how #make #must

We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

#confirmed #cruel #destructive #forces #grandiose