| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 8760 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | Themistocles said that he certainly could not make use of any stringed instrument; could only, were a small and obscure city put into his hands, make it great and glorious. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Life of Themistocles. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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