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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8717 Phaedrus fl 1st ent AD John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8717
AUTHOR:Phaedrus (fl. 1st cent. A.D.)
QUOTATION:A fly bit the bare pate of a bald man, who in endeavouring to crush it gave himself a hard slap. Then said the fly jeeringly, “You wanted to revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death; what will you do to yourself, who have added insult to injury?”
ATTRIBUTION:Book v. Fable 3, 1.