Reference > Quotations > John Bartlett, comp. > Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. > 8647. Publius Syrus
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:8647
AUTHOR:Publius Syrus (42 B.C.)
QUOTATION:A wise man never refuses anything to necessity. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Maxim 540.
 
Note 1.
Yet do I hold that mortal foolish who strives against the stress of necessity.—Euripides: Hercules Furens, line 281. [back]
 

CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Advertising · Terms of Use · © 2009 Bartleby.com