John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8500 Euripides 480 or 485-406 BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8500 |
| AUTHOR: | Euripides (480 or 485–406 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hippolytus. Frag. 435. |
| Note 1. See Herbert, Quotation 28. [back] |