I love and honour knowledge as much as they that have it, and in its t… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I love and honour knowledge as much as they that have it, and in its true use 'tis the most noble and the greatest acquisition of men; but in such as I speak of (and the number of them is infinite), who build their fundamental sufficiency and value upon it, who appeal from their understanding to their memory:

Place: CHAPTER VIII · ¶4407
License: Public domain · Source
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