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Aristophanes, a playwright, is the only source to have written during his lifetime. </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Socrates"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a21120/062bbc/">Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a21120/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/21120.v5.jpg" alt="Socrates"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Socrates</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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