When asked by a woman from Attica:'Why are you Spartan wome… - Plutarch

" "
When asked by a woman from Attica:'Why are you Spartan women the only ones who can rule men?', she said: 'Because we are the only ones who give birth to men.

Plutarch

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Plutarch

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46 – 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: L. Mestrius Plutarchus • Πλούταρχος

Alternative Names: Plutarchus • Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus • Plutarchos • Plutarch of Chaeronea • Ploutarchos

All quotes from Plutarch Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Plutarch:

Jonathan Swift Seneca Samuel Johnson Francis Bacon Benjamin Franklin

Additional quotes by Plutarch

[Theseus] soon found himself involved in factions and troubles; those who long had hated him had now added to their hatred contempt; and the minds of the people were so generally corrupted, that, instead of obeying commands with silence, they expected to be flattered into their duty.

A Spartan, seeing a man taking up a collection for the gods, said that he did not think much of gods who were poorer than himself.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

When asked by a woman from Attica:'Why are you Spartan women the only ones who can rule men?', she said: 'Because we are the only ones who give birth… - Plutarch

About Plutarch

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Plutarch