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So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination. ..And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do no bring forth in the agitation.

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Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance

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    心の中にあります。それらを手綱で制御するいくつかの明確な主題で忙しくしない限り、彼らは漠然とした想像の分野のどこかで自分自身を混乱させます。 ..そして、彼らが動揺を引き起こさないという気違いや怠惰な空想はありません。

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