“New-made kings are cruel.”

— Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound

Source: Prometheus Bound, line 35 (tr. Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

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Ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ.

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ancient Athenian playwright -525–-456 BC

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