"Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart." ~ Michel de Montaigne Selected Quotes by Michel de Montaigne now at your fingertips - A great way to explore the ideas and philosophy of Montaigne - Perfect for casual reading, sparking ideas, and finding inspiration - Makes an excellent gift choice for friends and family -- "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 -- "Custom is a violent and treacherous school mistress. She, by little and lithe, slyly and unperceived, slips in the foot of her authority; but having by this gentle and humble beginning, with the benefit of time, fixed and established it, she then unmasks a furious and tyrannic countenance, against which we have no more the courage or the power so much as to lift up our eyes." ~ Michel de Montaigne -- "Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.." ~ Michel de Montaigne