["Let the sailor content himself with talking of the winds; the cowher… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["Let the sailor content himself with talking of the winds; the cowherd of his oxen; the soldier of his wounds; the shepherd of his flocks."--An Italian translation of Propertius, ii. i, 43]

Place: CHAPTER XVI · ¶424
License: Public domain · Source
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