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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8743 Pliny the Elder AD 23-AD 79 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8743
AUTHOR:Pliny the Elder (A.D. c. 23–A.D. 79)
QUOTATION:Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual? 1
ATTRIBUTION:Natural History. Book xxviii. Sect. 23.
 
Note 1.
See Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Quotation 34. Also Lover, Quotation 4.

Numero deus impare gaudet (The god delights in odd numbers).—Virgil: Eclogæ, 8, 75. [back]