8847. 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:	8847
AUTHOR:	Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:	Thrasyllus the Cynic begged a drachm of Antigonus. “That,” said he, “is too little for a king to give.” “Why, then,” said the other, “give me a talent.” “And that,” said he, “is too much for a Cynic (or, for a dog) to receive.”
ATTRIBUTION:	Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. 1 Antigonus I.

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