Famous Quotes | Lay a beam between these two...

Lay a beam between these two towers of such width as we need to walk on: there is no philosophical wisdom of such great firmness that it can give us courage to walk on it as we should if it were on the ground. - Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Apology For Raymond Sebond,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. II, ch. 12, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux (1580).

Categories: Apprehension, Essayist, Philosophy And Philosophers, Wisdom

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