John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8882 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8882 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | For many, as Cranton tells us, and those very wise men, not now but long ago, have deplored the condition of human nature, esteeming life a punishment, and to be born a man the highest pitch of calamity; this, Aristotle tells us, Silenus declared when he was brought captive to Midas. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Consolation to Apollonius. |