Apophthegmata Laconica

Plutarch

Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).

When someone inquired how many Spartans there were in all, he said, Enough to keep away our enemies. [*](Cf. the note on Moralia, 190 D (5), supra. )

When one of the Athenians read a memorial oration in praise of those who fell at the hands of the Spartans, he said, What kind of men, then, do you think ours must be who vanquished these? [*](Perhaps the remark of another man named Ariston who lived later.)