Famous Quotes | Bees plunder the flowers here...
Bees plunder the flowers here and there, but afterward they make of them honey, which is all theirs; it is no longer thyme or marjoram. Even so with the pieces borrowed from others; one will transform and blend them to make a work that is all one’s own, that is, one’s judgement. Education, work, and study aim only at forming this.
- Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Of the Education of Children,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 26, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580).
Categories: Borrowing, Education, Essayist, Judgment
