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Hiero (1.1-1.2)

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Simonides, the poet, once paid a visit to Hiero, the despot. When both found time to spare, Simonides said:

Hiero, will you please explain something to me that you probably know better than I?
And pray what is it,
said Hiero,
that I can know better than one so wise as yourself?

I know you were born a private citizen,
he answered,
and are now a despot. Therefore, as you have experienced both fortunes, you probably know better than I how the lives of the despot and the citizen differ as regards the joys and sorrows that fall to mans lot.

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