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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:8863
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:A soldier told Pelopidas, “We are fallen among the enemies.” Said he, “How are we fallen among them more than they among us?”
ATTRIBUTION:Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. 1 Pelopidas.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Rejected by some critics as not a genuine work of Plutarch.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. [back]
 

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