John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8715 Phaedrus fl 1st ent AD John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 8715 |
AUTHOR: | Phaedrus (fl. 1st cent. A.D.) |
QUOTATION: | Jupiter has loaded us with a couple of wallets: the one, filled with our own vices, he has placed at our backs; the other, heavy with those of others, he has hung before. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Book iv. Fable 10, 1. |
Note 1. Also alluded to by Horace, Satires. ii. 3, 299; Catullus, 22, 21; and Persius, 4, 24. [back] |