As I wrote earlier today about the recent death of a Russian man revealed to have been named in the Epstein files, I thought about how little we humans truly know each other, and how easily we are deceived . . . especially by those in positions of prominence and power.

And this quote from the ancient Greek scholar and author of nearly 100 tragedies, Euripides, seems particularly relevant:

“When one with honeyed words but evil mind / Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”

– Euripides, “Orestes”

And now, two and a half millennia later, his words have lost none of their meaning.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/9/26