["This therefore, with which you seek to draw the ear of Jupiter, say … — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["This therefore, with which you seek to draw the ear of Jupiter, say to Staius. 'O Jupiter! O good Jupiter!' let him cry. Think you Jupiter himself would not cry out upon it?"--Persius, ii. 21.]

Place: CHAPTER LVI · ¶1734
License: Public domain · Source
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