The sick state is ingenious at discovering crimes.

[δεινὴ πόλις νοσοῦσ’ ἀνευρίσκειν κακά.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist

Auge [Αὐγῃ], frag. 267 (c. 408 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2014)]
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Nauck (TGF) fr. 267.