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The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.

Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts”
The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.