John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8606 Publius Syrus 42 BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8606 |
| AUTHOR: | Publius Syrus (42 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Maxim 120. |
| Note 1. The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others.—Pliny the Elder: Natural History, book xviii. sect. 31. [back] |