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, he said, Enough to keep all bad men away. [*](Cf. the note on 190 D (5), supra. )

As he was going about among the walls of the Corinthians and observed that they were high and

towering and vast in extent, he said, What women live in that place? [*](Cf. the note on 190 A, supra. )

When a lecturer said, Speech is the most important thing of all, he retorted, Then if you are silent, you are of no worth at all!