Michel de Montaigne: There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, a

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was a — Michel de Montaigne

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

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