The quotable King Archelaus

Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009, at 3:16 pm, by Dr. Allardyce Hurlbutt.

When a garulous barber asked him how he would like his hair cut, King Archelaus of Macedonia (reigned 413-399 B.C.) replied: “In silence.”

Source: Plutarch, Morals, vol. 15: On Talkativeness.