Apophthegmata Laconica

Plutarch

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

Damonidas, being assigned to the last place in the chorus by the director, exclaimed, Good! You have discovered, sir, how this place which is without honour may be made a place of honour. [*](See the note on Moralia, 191 F, supra. )