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eight lackeys! Why!
He will have me thrashed, if I do not salute him. This custom is a farce. It
is the same with a horse in fine trappings in comparison with another!
Montaigne is a fool not to see what difference there is, to wonder at our
finding any, and to ask the reason. "Indeed," says he, "how comes it,"
etc....

316. Sound opinions of the people.--To be spruce is not altogether foolish,
for it proves that a great number of people work for one. It shows by one's
hair, that one has a valet, a perfumer, etc., by one's band, thread,
lace,... etc. Now it is not merely superficial nor merely outward show to
have many arms at command. The more arms one has, the more powerful one is.
To be spruce is to show one's power.

317. Deference means, "Put yourself to inconvenience." This is apparently
silly, but is quite right. For it is to say, "I would indeed put myself to
inconvenience if you required it, since indeed I do so when it is of no
service to you." Deference further serves to distinguish the gre