I moreover observe this particular convenience in it, that it is a dis… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I moreover observe this particular convenience in it, that it is a disease wherein we have little to guess at: we are dispensed from the trouble into which other diseases throw us by the uncertainty of their causes, conditions, and progress; a trouble that is infinitely painful: we have no need of consultations and doctoral interpretations; the senses well enough inform us both what it is and where it is.

Place: CHAPTER XIII · ¶5266
License: Public domain · Source
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