John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8828 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8828 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had befallen him, he returns this answer: “Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them, we have not yet conquered one?” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On the Tranquillity of the Mind. |