WIST Quotationsincurs the greatest penalty for, feeling confident
to cloak injustice in fair speech,
he dares the utmost villainy.
[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν
πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει:
γλώσσῃ γὰρ αὐχῶν τἄδικ᾽ εὖ περιστελεῖν
τολμᾷ πανουργεῖν.]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 580ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81800/
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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 580ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)] | WIST Quotations
MEDEA: I think the unjust man who can speak cleverly incurs the greatest penalty for, feeling confident to cloak injustice in fair speech, he dares the utmost villainy. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει: γλώσσῃ γὰρ αὐχῶν τἄδικ᾽ εὖ περιστελεῖν τολμᾷ πανουργεῖν.] (Source (Greek)).…
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