Oct 14, 2021
https://librivox.org/short-nonfiction-collection-vol-017-by-various/Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 017VariousA collection of short nonfiction works in the ...
There is an epigram in Martial, and one of the very good ones—for he has of all sorts—where he pleasantly tells the story of Caelius, who, to avoid making his court to some great men of Rome, to wait their rising, and to attend them abroad, pretended to have the gout; and the better to color this anointed his legs, and had them lapped up in a great many swathings, and perfectly counterfeited both the gesture and countenance of a gouty person; till in the end, Fortune did him the kindness to make him one indeed... #MichelDeMontaigne [See: Michel de Montaigne]