The classes of citizens are three. The rich are useless, always lusting after more. Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, ridden with e… - Euripides

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The classes of citizens are three. The rich are useless, always lusting after more. Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues; their malice stings the owners. Of the three, the middle part saves cities.

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Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.

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Native Name: Εὐριπίδης

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ما من أحد بين البشر بمنأى عن بطش سوء الحظ.

IOL. O ye who have dwelt in Athens a long time, defend us; for, being suppliants of Jove, the Presider over the Forum, [3] we are treated with violence, and our garlands are profaned, both a reproach to the city, and an insult to the Gods.

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ما من أحد على الإطلاق يتصور أنه شخصياً سوف يموت، ولكنه يتصور حدوث هذا المصير السيئ للآخرين.

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