"It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others." ― Michel de Montaigne Topic(s): Good More From Michel de Montaigne "The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage." "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out." "Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations." More In Good "As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit."― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character."― Heraclitus "A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."― Carl Sagan