He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
[Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]
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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), "Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]" (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)] | WIST Quotations
He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking. [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.] On how having an appetite always sated removes the pleasure of sating it.WIST Quotations
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