Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 06
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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 06
Michel de Montaigne Editor · English
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CHAPTER XXVII OF FRIENDSHIP Having considered the proceedings of a painter that serves me, I had a mind to imitate his way. He chooses the fairest place and middle of any wall, or panel, wherein to draw a picture, which he finishes with his utmost care and art, and the vacuity about it he fills with grotesques, which are odd fantastic figures without any grace but what they derive from their variety, and the extravagance of their shapes. And in truth, what are these things I scribb
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