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

8859 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8859
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:King Agis said, “The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are.”
ATTRIBUTION:Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. 1 Agis.
 
Note 1.
Rejected by some critics as not a genuine work of Plutarch.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. [back]