anticipate a plot rather than meet it by counter-plots
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Γυνὴ γυναικὸς πώποτ' οὐδὲν διαφέρει → Nihil propemodum mulier distat mulieri → Zwischen erster Frau und zweiter ist kein Unterschied
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)
προεπιβουλεύειν μᾶλλον ἢ ἀντεπιβουλεύειν
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