As Athenodorus Was Taking His Leave Of Caesar, "Remember," Said He, "Caesar, Whenever You Are Angry, To Say Or Do Nothing Before You Have Repeated The Four-and-twenty Letters To Yourself.

As Athenodorus Was Taking His Leave Of Caesar, "Remember," Said He, "Caesar, Whenever You Are Angry, To Say Or Do Nothing Before You Have Repeated The Four-and-twenty Letters To Yourself.

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As Athenodorus was taking his leave of Caesar, "Remember," said he,
"Caesar, whenever you are angry, to say or do nothing before you have
repeated the four-and-twenty letters to yourself."
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Caesar Augustus

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