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

8846 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8846
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook’s son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. “Thy words,” said he, “Aristodemus, smell of the apron.”
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]