I am a great lover of fish, and consequently make my fasts feasts and … — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I am a great lover of fish, and consequently make my fasts feasts and feasts fasts; and I believe what some people say, that it is more easy of digestion than flesh. As I make a conscience of eating flesh upon fish-days, so does my taste make a conscience of mixing fish and flesh; the difference betwixt them seems to me too remote.

Place: CHAPTER XIII · ¶5313
License: Public domain · Source
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