There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor agai…

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There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. ✨ Plato (2008). Laws, p.112, Cosimo, Inc.
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There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. ✨ Plato (2008). Laws, p.112, Cosimo, Inc.

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