These I prefer to statues because I know, in the first place, that honorable men pride
 themselves not so much on bodily beauty as they desire to be honored for their deeds and
 their wisdom: in the second place, because I know that images must of necessity remain
 solely among those in whose cities they were set up, whereas portrayals in words may be
 published throughout Hellas , and having been
 spread abroad in the gatherings of enlightened men, are welcomed among those whose
 approval is more to be desired than that of all others;