I hate a froward and dismal spirit, that slips over all the pleasures … — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I hate a froward and dismal spirit, that slips over all the pleasures of life and seizes and feeds upon misfortunes; like flies, that cannot stick to a smooth and polished body, but fix and repose themselves upon craggy and rough places, and like cupping-glasses, that only suck and attract bad blood.

Place: CHAPTER V. · ¶3964
License: Public domain · Source
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