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

8891 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8891
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:And when the physician said, “Sir, you are an old man,” “That happens,” replied Pausanias, “because you never were my doctor.”
ATTRIBUTION:Laconic Apophthegms. Of Pausanias the Son of Phistoanax.