When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, "I 'll lay my life," said he, "somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak well of no man living."


Of Plistarchus - Laconic Apophthegms


When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, I 'll lay my life, said he, somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak...

When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, I 'll lay my life, said he, somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak...

When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, I 'll lay my life, said he, somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak...

When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, I 'll lay my life, said he, somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak...