John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8790 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8790 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Life of Pompey. |
| Note 1. See Garrick, Quotation 4. He [Tiberius] upbraided Macro in no obscure and indirect terms “with forsaking the setting sun and turning to the rising.”—Tacitus: Annals, book iv. c. 47, 20. [back] |