هناك ثلاثة أنواع من المواطنين: أغنياء لا نفع منهم، لا يعنيهم دوماً سوى أن يزدادوا غنى، وكذلك المعدمون الذين لا يجدون ما يقيم أودهم وهؤلاء قوم خطرون؛ ل… - Euripides

wealth is honored most of all things by men, and has the greatest influence of any thing among men. In pursuit of which I am come, leading hither ten thousand spears: for a nobly-born man in poverty is nothing.

O black night, you who nurse he golden stars! In you I go, bearing this jar poised on my head, to fetch water from springs of rivers; not that any need pushes me to this point, but so I may show the gods the insolence of Aegisthus, and pour out my griefs under huge heaven to my father's spirit. My mother, Tyndareos' daughter, lost in wickedness, to show Aegisthus other sons, she treats me and O restes both s bastards of her house.

This is what destroys the fine cities and homes of mortals: words spoken too well.