for both are forms of one-man rule, but there is the greatest difference between them; the tyrant looks to his own advantage, the king to that of his subjects. For a man is not a king unless he is sufficient to himself and excels his subjects in all good things; and such a man needs nothing further; therefore he will not look to his own interests but to those of his subjects; for a king who is not like that would be a mere titular king. Now tyranny is the very contrary of this; the tyrant pursues his own good.
Monarkiaren desbideratzea tirania da; (1160b) izan ere, biak monarkiak dira, baina zeharo desberdinak, tiranoak bere onura besterik ez baitu begiratzen, eta erregeak, aldiz, bere aginpekoena. Izan ere, autarkikoa ez den eta ongi guztietan beste guztiak gainditzen ez dituen erregerik ez dago, (5) eta horrelako gizakiak ez du ezer behar;