This, or a similar passage, may have been employed proverbially in
the time of Sophocles. See l. 632. et seq. of the _Antigone_ (ed.
Johnson. Londini. 1758. 8vo.); on which passage there is the following
scholium:--

"[Greek: Meta sophias gar upo tinos aoidimou kleinon epos pephantai,
'Otan d' o daimon andri porsynae kaka,
Ton noun exlapse proton o bouleuetai.]" {348}

Respecting the lines referred to in the Chorus, Dr. Donaldson makes
the following remarks, in his critical edition of the _Antigone_,
published in 1848:--

"The parallel passages for this adage are fully given by
Ruhnken on Velleius Paterculus, ii. 57. (265, 256.), and by
Wyttenbach on Plutarch, _De Audiendis Poetis_, p. 17. B. (pp.
190, 191.)"

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"Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."

Congreve's _Mourning Bride_, act i. sc. i. l. 1.

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"L'appetit vient en mangeant."