and Christians pray to God, "Thy will be done," that they may not fall… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

and Christians pray to God, "Thy will be done," that they may not fall into the inconvenience the poet feigns of King Midas. He prayed to the gods that all he touched might be turned into gold; his prayer was heard; his wine was gold, his bread was gold, the feathers of his bed, his shirt, his clothes, were all gold, so that he found himself overwhelmed with the fruition of his desire, and endowed with an intolerable benefit, and was fain to unpray his prayers.

Место: Chapter XII. Apology For Raimond Sebond. · ¶2735
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