A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was… — Plutarch
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful? Holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."
In the original Greek
ὡς ἀνὴρ Ῥωμαῖος ἀπεπέμπετο γυναῖκα, τῶν δὲ φίλων νουθετούντων αὐτόν, ‘οὐχὶ σώφρων; οὐκ εὔμορφος; οὐχὶ παιδοποιός;’ προτείνας τὸ ὑπόδημα ῾κάλτιον αὐτὸ Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσιν᾽ εἶπεν ‘οὐκ εὐπρεπὴς οὗτος; οὐ νεουργής; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἂν εἰδείη τις ὑμῶν καθ᾽ ὅ τι θλίβεται μέρος οὑμὸς πούς.’
Plutarch's Lives · 119
★ 3.8Other tags relating to this quote
Person
Provenance
Current citation
Plutarch. "Aemilius." Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Roman Lives, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Original citation
Plutarch. "Aemilius Paulus." Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. c. 2nd century.
