Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Boys throw stones at frogs in fun, but the frogs do not die in fun, but in earnest.”
Variant translation: Boys throw stones at frogs for fun, but the frogs don't die for "fun", but in sober earnest.
As quoted by Plutarch, Moralia, xii. 66
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