Michel de Montaigne on Science
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Michel de Montaigne, catalogued under Science, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Michel de Montaigne, entry #129139: "Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are formed and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their cubs into form."
Attributed to Michel de Montaigne, entry #106023: "Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be."
4 Quotes by Michel de Montaigne on Science
"Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are formed and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their cubs into form."
"Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be."
"The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom."
"How many we know who have fled the sweetness of a tranquil life in their homes, among their friends, to seek the horror of uninhabitable deserts; who have flung themselves into humiliation, degradation, and the contempt of the world, and have enjoyed these and even sought them out."