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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]