And pray what sort of penalty is it, Socrates, that may not be avoided by parents and children who have intercourse with one another?
The greatest, of course. For what greater penalty can men incur when they beget children than begetting them badly?
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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