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In Plutarch's Parallel Lives "Solon" bk. 5, sec. 2. - Anacharsis | WIST Quotations
Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. Alt trans.: "These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them,…