| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 8758 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | The most perfect soul, says Heraclitus, is a dry light, which flies out of the body as lightning breaks from a cloud. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Life of Romulus. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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