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32 followers · 289 posts · Server zirk.usA quotation from Euripides
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When a sensible man
has a good cause to defend, to be eloquent
is no great feat. Your tongue is so nimble
one might think you had some sense, but your words
contain none at all. The powerful man
who matches insolence with glibness is worst than a fool.
He is a public danger!
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https://wist.info/euripides/58720/
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