About This Quote
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing" is a quote by the French philosopher and essayist Michel de Montaigne. It refers to how we learn and grow through experience and knowledge. If you read enough, you'll accumulate a lot of knowledge and you'll realize that you know very little. The quote is clearly about acquiring knowledge. However, it can also be used to describe people who claim to know everything but in reality know very little.
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