John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9188 Athenaeus fl 200 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 9188 |
AUTHOR: | Athenaeus (fl. c. 200) |
QUOTATION: | On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine-cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. “It is very small for its age,” said Gnathæna. |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Deipnosophists. xiii. 47. |