Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.