I, who boast that I so curiously and particularly embrace the convenie… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

I, who boast that I so curiously and particularly embrace the conveniences of life, find them, when I most nearly consider them, very little more than wind. But what? We are all wind throughout; and, moreover, the wind itself, more discreet than we, loves to bluster and shift from corner to corner, and contents itself with its proper offices without desiring stability and solidity-qualities not its own.

Endroit: CHAPTER XIII · ¶5325
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