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he exigencies of despotic rulecompel him
to incriminate his fatherland.[5] To train his citizens to soldieryto render
them brave warriorsand well armedconfers no pleasure on him; rather
he will take delight to make his foreigners more formidable than those to
whom the state belongsand these foreigners he will depend on as his
body-guard.
[5] Ordepreciate the land which gave him birth.Holden cf.
Cyrop.
VII. ii. 22. See Sturzs.v.
Nay morenot even in the years of plenty[6] when abundance of all
blessings reignsnot even then may the tyrant's heart rejoice amid the
general joyfor the greater the indigence of the community the humbler he
will find them: that is his theory.
[6] "In good seasons seasons of prosperity." Cf. Aristot. "Pol." v.
6. 17.
Hiero
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He continued: I desire to make known to youSimonides[1] those
divers pleasures which were mine whilst I was still a private citizenbut of
which to-daynayfrom the moment I became a tyrantI find myself
deprived. In those days I consorted with my friends and fellowsto our
mutual delectation;[2] orif I craved for quietude[3] I chose myself for
my companion. Gaily the hours flitted at our drinking-partiesofttime [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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