John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8519 Plautus 254-184 BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8519 |
| AUTHOR: | Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | You are seeking a knot in a bulrush. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Menæchmi. Act ii. Sc. 1, 22. (247.) |
| Note 1. A proverbial expression implying a desire to create doubts and difficulties where there really were none. It occurs in Terence, the “Andria,” act v. sc. 4, 38; also in Ennius, “Saturæ,” 46. [back] |