["Wouldst thou not exchange all that the wealthy Arhaemenes had, or th… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["Wouldst thou not exchange all that the wealthy Arhaemenes had, or the Mygdonian riches of fertile Phrygia, for one ringlet of Licymnia's hair? or the treasures of the Arabians, when she turns her head to you for fragrant kisses, or with easily assuaged anger denies them, which she would rather by far you took by force, and sometimes herself snatches one!"--Horace, Od., ii. 12, 21.]

Place: CHAPTER V. · ¶4060
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