John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8915 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8915 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of Isis and Osiris. |
| Note 1. I am the things that are, and those that are to be, and those that have been. No one ever lifted my skirts; the fruit which I bore was the sun.—Proclus: On Plato’s Timæus, p. 30 D. (Inscription in the temple of Neith at Sais, in Egypt.) [back] |