Quote by Michel de Montaigne

I was not long since in a company where I was not who of my fraternity brought news of a kind of pills, by true account, composed of a hundred and odd several ingredients; whereat we laughed very heartily, and made ourselves good sport; for what rock so hard were able to resist the shock or withstand the force of so thick and numerous a battery?

I was not long since in a company where I was not who of my

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This quote is expressing the speaker's experience in a group where someone shared news about pills that were made up of numerous ingredients. The speaker finds it amusing and humorous because they believe that such a dense and diverse combination of elements would be ineffective and unable to have any real impact. It implies skepticism towards the pills' effectiveness and a light-hearted dismissal of their potential power.

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