Great is the glory of the woman who occasions the least talk among men, whether of… — Thucydides
Great is the glory of the woman who occasions the least talk among men, whether of praise or of blame.
In the original Greek
τῆς τε γὰρ ὑπαρχούσης φύσεως μὴ χείροσι γενέσθαι ὑμῖν μεγάλη ἡ δόξα καὶ ἧς ἂν ἐπ᾽ ἐλάχιστον ἀρετῆς πέρι ἢ ψόγου ἐν τοῖς ἄρσεσι κλέος ᾖ.
History of the Peloponnesian War · 404 BC
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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.
