John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8787 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8787 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Life of Agesilaus II. |
| Note 1. Agesilaus being exhorted to hear one that imitated the voice of a nightingale, “I have often,” said he, “heard nightingales themselves.”—Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. (Agesilaus.) [back] |