Therefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know… — Homer
Therefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden.
In the original Greek
τῷ νῦν μή ποτε καὶ σὺ γυναικί περ ἤπιος εἶναι: μή οἱ μῦθον ἅπαντα πιφαυσκέμεν, ὅν κ᾽ ἐὺ εἰδῇς, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν φάσθαι, τὸ δὲ καὶ κεκρυμμένον εἶναι.
The Odyssey · 700 BC
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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 441-443.
Original citation
Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 441-443.
