John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8897 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8897 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | Said Scopas of Thessaly, “We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of the Love of Wealth. |
| Note 1. See Holmes, Quotation 28. [back] |