| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 8872 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | As Athenodorus was taking his leave of Cæsar, Remember, said he, Cæsar, whenever you are angry, to say or do nothing before you have repeated the four-and-twenty letters to yourself. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Roman Apophthegms. Cæsar Augustus. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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