Proficient in Latin even before he knew his own tongue, Montaigne received an unusual education. His whole life was spent in storing up his choice thoughts for our profit and pleasure. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
Michel de Montaigne born Feb. 28, 1533.
Introductory Note: Æsop’s Fables
Æsop’s Fables, by Æsop
Introductory Note: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Act III), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: William Morris
The Defence of Guenevere, by William Morris
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights
Introductory Note: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust I (Scene 1), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Introductory Note: Virgil
The Æneid (Book VIII), by Virgil
Introductory Note: Voltaire
Letters on the English (Letters 15 & 16), by Voltaire
Introductory Note: Herodotus
An Account of Egypt (Sec. 9 & 10), by Herodotus
Introductory Note: Philip Massinger
A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Act I), by Philip Massinger
Introductory Note: Ernest Renan
The Poetry of the Celtic Races, by Ernest Renan
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