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| ἐν τῷδε γὰρ κάμνουσιν αἱ πολλαὶ πόλεις, ὅταν τις ἐσθλὸς καὶ πρόθυμος ὢν ἀνὴρ μηδὲν φέρηται τῶν κακιόνων πλέον. |
| Many cities struggle when good men get no more than their inferiors. |
| Euripides Hecuba 306-8 (76) |
| ὅταν φίλος τις ἀνδρὶ θυμωθεὶς φίλῳ ἐς ἓν συνελθὼν ὄμματ’ ὄμμασιν διδῷ, ἐφ’ οἷσιν ἥκει, ταῦτα χρὴ μόνον σκοπεῖν, κακῶν δὲ τῶν πρὶν μηδενὸς μνείαν ἔχειν. |
| When a friend, enraged at a friend, meets him face to face, he should only consider the reason he came for, and forget all any previous arguments. |
| Euripides Phoenissae 461 (518) |
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