Apophthegmata Laconica
Plutarch
Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).
As he was listening to a musician, he said, He seems to do his silly task fairly well. [*](Cf. the similar remarks in Moralia, 220 F (6) and 234 D (42), infra. )