["The rich are often pleased with variety; and the plain supper in a p… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["The rich are often pleased with variety; and the plain supper in a poor cottage, without tapestry and purple, has relaxed the anxious brow."--Horace, Od., iii. 29, 13.]

Place: CHAPTER XLII · ¶1445
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