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Ἀγαθῆς γυναικός ἐστιν, ὦ Νικοστράτη,
μὴ κρείττον' εἶναι τἀνδρὸς, ἀλλ' ὑπήκοον,
γυνὴ δὲ νικῶσ' ἄνδρα κακόν ἐστιν μέγα.
Philemon. Fabulae Incertae, Fragment 44.
A good wife's duty 'tis, Nicostrates,
Not to command but to obey her spouse;
Most mischievous a wife who rules her husband.

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