“Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow,
A herb most bruised is woman.”

—  Euripidés , Medea

Source: Medea (431 BC), Lines 230–231 in Gilbert Murray's translation ( p. 15 https://archive.org/stream/medeatranslatedi00euriuoft#page/15/mode/1up)

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