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When he was bent on marrying a second wife, his children inquired whether he had any fault to find with them. ‘By no means,’ he said, ‘but only [p. 119] praise—and the desire to have other children like you.’ 1
1 Cf. Moralia, 480 D. Plutarch in his Life of Cato Major, chap. xxiv. (351 B), says that Cato as well as Peisistratus made his remark.
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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