“The man who trusts womankind trusts deceivers.”
Hesiod book Works and Days
Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 375.
“Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.”
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Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.
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