There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, whe…

Michel de Montaigne
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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. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.
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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. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.

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