8838. Plutarch. A.D. 46?-A.D. c. 120. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	8838
AUTHOR:	Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:	There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little, Philip said, “Either is both, and Both is neither.”
ATTRIBUTION:	Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. 1 Philip.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Rejected by some critics as not a genuine work of Plutarch.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. [back]