Euripides, Suppliants, 429. Oxford translation (revised by Buckley).
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There is nothing more hostile to a city than a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.
— Euripides on Tyranny
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There is nothing more hostile to a city than a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal." in the context of "Euripides, Suppliants, 429. Oxford translation (revised by Buckley)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Tyranny" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 825.)
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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