John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9303 Mihel Eyquem
| NUMBER: | 9303 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre? 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book ii. Chap. xxxvi. Of the most Excellent Men. |
| Note 1. See Shakespeare, As You Like It, Quotation 36. [back] |