Apophthegmata Laconica

Plutarch

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

In retort to the man who imitated a nightingale, he said, My friend, I have had more pleasure in hearing the nightingale itself. [*](Cf. the note on Moralia, 212 F (58), supra. )