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" We take other men's knowledge and opinions upon trust; which is an idle and superficial learning. We must make it our own.

We are in this way much like him, who having need of fire, goes to a neighbour's house to fetch it, and finding a very good one there, sits down to warm without remembering to carry any with him home. "

Michel de Montaigne , The Complete Essays


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Michel de Montaigne quote : We take other men's knowledge and opinions upon trust; which is an idle and superficial learning. We must make it our own. <br /><br />We are in this way much like him, who having need of fire, goes to a neighbour's house to fetch it, and finding a very good one there, sits down to warm without remembering to carry any with him home.