John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8910 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8910 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and when they were grown up and able to help themselves were thrown up, and so lived upon the land. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Symposiacs. Book viii. Question viii. |