to yield a willing deference to the laws

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Ἡ γὰρ σιωπὴ τοῖς σοφοῖσιν ἀπόκρισις → Silentiumque sapienti est responsio → Denn Schweigen ist für Weise deutlicher Bescheid

Menander, Monostichoi, 222

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

τῶν νόμων γε μὴ πρότερον εἶναι θέλειν

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