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

8765 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8765
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:Themistocles said that a man’s discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can be shown only by spreading and extending it out; when it is contracted and folded up, they are obscured and lost. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Life of Themistocles.
 
Note 1.
Themistocles said speech was like to tapestry; and like it, when it was spread it showed its figures, but when it was folded up, hid and spoiled them.—Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. (Themistocles.) [back]