Friday 15 August 2008

Jews and Greeks

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... and the greatest glory of a woman is to be the least talked about by men, whether they are praising you or criticising you.

Pericles, apud Thucydides 2.45.2

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Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
... Give her the reward she has earned,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Proverbs 31: 28, 31 [The Wife of Noble Character]

'nuff said.

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