["While that which we desire is wanting, it seems to surpass all the r… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["While that which we desire is wanting, it seems to surpass all the rest; then, when we have got it, we want something else; 'tis ever the same thirst"--Lucretius, iii. 1095.]

Place: CHAPTER LIII · ¶1676
License: Public domain · Source
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