Monday, May 14, 2018

Anna Komnene


Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153)

"And this, I fancy, is the true definition of propriety: the due proportion of warm humanity and strict moral principle."
  • From The Alexiad (Book III) by Anna Komnene, translated by E.R.A. Sewter, (Penguin Classics, 2009).


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