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The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.

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Euripides
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Tragedy Writer
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Ancient Athens
Men
Apart
Worse
Gets
Raging
Fire
Coward
Hand
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Rage
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