Social Commentaries
Book XI, 390
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
If thou lovest me, love me indeed, and do me no evil, making friendship the beginning of injury. For will have children—people running after your money and wishing you to adopt them; but if poor and married, your children will be a source of trouble. I say that for all men open enmity is much better than deceptive friendship. They say, too, that for seafaring ships sunken reefs are worse than visible rocks.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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