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

8910 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8910
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and when they were grown up and able to help themselves were thrown up, and so lived upon the land.
ATTRIBUTION:Symposiacs. Book viii. Question viii.