Famous Quotes | I heard a good one at Toulouse...

I heard a good one at Toulouse of a woman who had passed through the hands of some soldiers: “God be praised,” she said, “that at least once in my life I have had my fill without sin!” - Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “A Custom of the Island of Cea,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. II, ch. 3, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580).

Categories: Essayist, Pleasures, Sin, Women

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