Quote:
In order always to learn something from others (which is the finest school there can be), I observe in my travels this practice: I always steer those with whom I talk back to the things they know best.
Author: Montaigne, Michel de
Categories: learning; traveling and travelers; communications
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “A trait of some ambassadors,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 17, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580).
