Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. (Aeschylus)

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

Aeschylus

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