and, consequently, if it frights us, 'tis a perpetual torment, for whi… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

and, consequently, if it frights us, 'tis a perpetual torment, for which there is no sort of consolation. There is no way by which it may not reach us. We may continually turn our heads this way and that, as in a suspected country:

Place: CHAPTER XIX · ¶469
License: Public domain · Source
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