John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8452 Aeshylus 525-456 BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8452 |
| AUTHOR: | Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | Words are the physicians of a mind diseased. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Prometheus, 378. |
| Note 1. Apt words have power to suage The tumours of a troubl’d mind. John Milton: Samson Agonistes. [back] |