When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob… - Euripides

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When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

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

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