I never read this divine description but that, methinks, I there see h… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I never read this divine description but that, methinks, I there see human folly and vanity represented in their true and lively colours. For these warlike movements, that so ravish us with their astounding noise and horror, this rattle of guns, drums, and cries,

Place: Chapter XII. Apology For Raimond Sebond. · ¶2303
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