John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3860 Philip Dormer Stanhope
| NUMBER: | 3860 |
| AUTHOR: | Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) |
| QUOTATION: | Sacrifice to the Graces. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letter, March 9, 1748. |
| Note 1. Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, “Sacrifice to the Graces.”—Diogenes Laertius: Xenocrates, book iv. sect. 2. Let us sacrifice to the Muses.—Plutarch: The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men. (A saying of Solon.) [back] |