When Rabbi Akiva saw the wife of the Roman general Tornosrofus, he spat, laughed, and cried. R. Akiva spat, for her origin was a gross drop [of sperm.] He laughed, for he knew that in the future she would convert and marry him. He cried, for such beauty was destined to be swallowed by the dust.
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