Note 38 — Chapter II · THE MARRIED WOMAN
George Herbert Ely translation
“It ought to be a voluptuousness somewhat circumspect and conscientious.... Is not a man a miserable creature? He is scarce come to his own strength by his natural condition, to taste one only complete, entire and pure pleasure, but he laboureth by discourse to cut it off: he is not wretched enough except by art and study he augment his misery.” (Montaigne, bk. i. cap. xxix. [Florio’s translation]).