Historical literatureWritten laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.AnacharsisPlutarch, Plutarch's Lives★ 3.8
Historical literatureAnacharsis laughed at Solon for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich.AnacharsisPlutarch's Lives · 119★ 1.9
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