| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Of Unknown Authorship. |
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| 1 | | Love thyself, and many will hate thee. |
| Frag. 146. |
| 2 | | Practice in time becomes second nature. 1 |
| Frag. 227. |
| 3 | | When God is planning ruin for a man, He first deprives him of his reason. 2 |
| Frag. 379. |
| 4 | When I am dead let fire destroy the world;
It matters not to me, for I am safe. |
| Frag. 430. |
| 5 | | Toil does not come to help the idle. |
| Frag. 440. |
| | Note 1.
Custom is almost a second nature.—Plutarch: Rule for the Preservation of Health, 18. [back] | Note 2.
See Dryden, Quotation 25.
This may have been the original of the well known (but probably post-classical) line, “Quem Jupiter vult perdere, dementat prius.” Publius Syrus has, “Stultum facit fortuna quem vult perdere.” [back] |
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