Euripides

When one with honeyed words but evil min Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

"Equality is what is natural for mankind. The more and the less are always at enmity with one another and begin the day of hatred. It is Equality that established for mankind measures and divisions of weights and defined number. The sightless eye of night and the light of the sun walk the year’s circle on equal terms, and neither of them is envious when it is defeated." (Lines 538–545)

"O light of day! O shadows of the night! Why do I linger here, a slave, who once was Queen of Troy?"