In here are some so wretched and mean (for the number amounts to six a… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

In here are some so wretched and mean (for the number amounts to six and thirty thousand) that they must pack five or six together, to produce one ear of corn, and thence take their several names; three to a door--that of the plank, that of the hinge, and that of the threshold. Four to a child--protectors of his swathing-clouts, his drink, meat, and sucking. Some certain, some uncertain and doubtful, and some that are not yet entered Paradise:--

Endroit: Chapter XII. Apology For Raimond Sebond. · ¶2557
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