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And in the next place, Cyrus went on, a snub-nosed woman would suit you admirably.
Why so?
Because, was the answer, your own nose is so hooked; and hookedness, I assure you, would be the very proper mate for snubbiness.
Do you mean to say also, said the other, that a supperless wife would suit one who has had a good dinner, like me now?
Aye, by Zeus, answered Cyrus; for the stomach of one who has eaten heartily bows out, but that of one who has not eaten bows in.
And in the next place, Cyrus went on, a snub-nosed woman would suit you admirably.
Why so?
Because, was the answer, your own nose is so hooked; and hookedness, I assure you, would be the very proper mate for snubbiness.
Do you mean to say also, said the other, that a supperless wife would suit one who has had a good dinner, like me now?
Aye, by Zeus, answered Cyrus; for the stomach of one who has eaten heartily bows out, but that of one who has not eaten bows in.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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