Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Great fools

We are great fools: He has spent his life in idleness. We say, 'I have done nothing today.' Really, have you not lived? This is not only the most fundamental but the most illustrious of your occupations… Have you been able to think about and manage your life? You have managed the greatest burden of all… To compose our nature is our responsibility, not to write books. To gain order and tranquility, not to win battles and provinces, is our goal. Our grand and glorious masterpiece is to live suitably.


Michel de Montaigne