Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but… — Anacharsis
Written 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.
In the original Greek
ἃ μηδὲν τῶν ἀραχνίων διαφέρειν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐκεῖνα τοὺς μὲν ἀσθενεῖς καὶ λεπτοὺς τῶν ἁλισκομένων καθέξειν, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν δυνατῶν καὶ πλουσίων διαρραγήσεσθαι.
Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch
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Anacharsis. Quoted in "Solon." Greek Lives, written by Plutarch, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Anacharsis. Quoted in "Solon." Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans. c. 120.
