Michel de Montaigne Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592
Birthday: February 28
Death: September 13
.. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist in, they wanted to put their children directly in touch with actual cases, teaching them not by hearsay but by actively assaying them, vigorously molding and forming them not merely by word and precept but chiefly by deeds and examples, so that wisdom should not be something which the soul knows but the soul's very essence and temperament, not something acquired but a natural property.
source: Michel de Montaigne (1991). “The essays of Michel de Montaigne”, Lane, Allen
topic: Determination, Children, Educational, Molding, Hearsay, Right Conduct
