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Frag. 272 (Diels) [tr. Freeman (1948)] - Democritus | WIST Quotations
The man who is fortunate in his choice of a son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also. [Δημόκριτος ἔφη, ὡς γαμβροῦ ὁ μὲν ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν, ὁ δὲ ἀποτυχὼν ἀπώλεσε καὶ θυγατέρα.] Diels citation "272. (0 N.) ... Zweifelhalft, da Apophthegmenform."; collected in…