Michel de Montaigne Quote

In my country, when they would say a man has no sense, they say, such an one has no memory; and when I complain of the defect of mine, they do not believe me, and reprove me, as though I accused myself for a fool: not discerning the difference betwixt memory and understanding, which is to make matters still worse for me. But they do me wrong; for experience, rather, daily shows us, on the contrary, that a strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment.


Book I, ch. 9 - Essais (1595)


In my country, when they would say a man has no sense, they say, such an one has no memory; and when I complain of the defect of mine, they do not...

In my country, when they would say a man has no sense, they say, such an one has no memory; and when I complain of the defect of mine, they do not...

In my country, when they would say a man has no sense, they say, such an one has no memory; and when I complain of the defect of mine, they do not...

In my country, when they would say a man has no sense, they say, such an one has no memory; and when I complain of the defect of mine, they do not...