John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8890 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8890 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | A physician, after he had felt the pulse of Pausanias, and considered his constitution, saying, “He ails nothing,” “It is because, sir,” he replied, “I use none of your physic.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Laconic Apophthegms. Of Pausanias the Son of Phistoanax. |