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Seeing a certain man who was effeminate by nature, but was commended by the citizens for his moderation, he said, ‘People should not praise men who are like to women nor women who are like to men, unless some necessity overtake the woman.’
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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