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 man’s lot.