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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:8838
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little, Philip said, “Either is both, and Both is neither.”
ATTRIBUTION:Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. 1 Philip.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Rejected by some critics as not a genuine work of Plutarch.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. [back]
 

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