CRE. There is nobleness in thee; but there is some degree of folly. - Euripides

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CRE. There is nobleness in thee; but there is some degree of folly.

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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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Truth is simple by nature in the telling, and justice needs no cunning gloss of sophistries. It has a right measure of its own; but the argument that is unjust is sick in nature, and so needs the medicine of clever words.
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