Euripides, Encomium on Alcibiades. (Probably quoted). See Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes.
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The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.
— Euripides on Cities
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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