I am sorry when I am sick, that I have not some longing that might giv… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I am sorry when I am sick, that I have not some longing that might give me the pleasure of satisfying it; all the rules of physic would hardly be able to divert me from it. I do the same when I am well; I can see very little more to be hoped or wished for. 'Twere pity a man should be so weak and languishing, as not to have even wishing left to him.

Place: CHAPTER XIII · ¶5240
License: Public domain · Source
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