Michel de Montaigne Quotes

I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than the play's merits or demerits. They must search their own souls, or whatever.

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

I am the worst judge of my books.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.

I don't read reviews. I find them very distracting, whether they're good or bad.

If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing.

Conscience? Great souls do not worry themselves with such little details

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Obviously, stats are important tools, but I think there's something behind those things; somewhere along the way, you've got to try to look inside someone.

I tend to judge a piece of criticism by how smart I find the argument. This, I know,, is not how everyone does it.

You can have opinions, but it doesn't mean they're right.

A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.

Nobody really thinks they're evil.

It is demonstrable and observable that our morals are based on our earliest spiritual beliefs. Matters of the Mind in no small measure have reflected matters of the Soul.

Reason is a permanent blessing of God to the soul. Without it there can be no large religion.