Socrates Quotes

Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

Socrates

• Nature
• Trust
• Woman
• Wants
• Weeps

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• Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

  

  Socrates
  • Nature
  • Trust
  • Woman