Pseudo-Plato, in the Greek Anthology, bk. 6, no. 1
• F. E. Garrett, Rhymes and Renderings (Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1887), p. 57
• F. E. Garrett, Rhymes and Renderings (Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1887), p. 57
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Laïs of the haughty smile, The despair of Greece erewhile, Whose doors fond gallants wont to crowd, Hath her glass to Venus vowed: "Since what I am I will not see, And cannot what I used to be."
— Women
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• F. E. Garrett, Rhymes and Renderings (Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1887), p. 57" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Women
Women are adult human females. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl.
About Women
Women are adult human females. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl.
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