Anna Komnene

Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153)

“it is not customary to judge a man’s liberality by the amount of money he distributes, but rather by the character of the giver.”

  • From The Alexiad (2.4) by Anna Komnene, translated by E.R.A. Sewter, (Penguin Classics, 2009).

 

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