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If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.

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Euripides
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Ancient Athens
Power
Best
Must
Wrongdoing
Pursuing
Otherwise
Virtue
Wrong

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