"O king, since thou biddest me by all means utter the truth, and so speak as one who shall not be afterwards convicted by thee of having spoken falsely, I say this:-with Hellas poverty is ever an inbred growth, while valour is one that has been brought in, being acquired by intelligence and the force of law;
"Errege, egi-egia esateko agintzen duzunez, egunen batean gezurra esatearren errudun idoro ez nazazun, esango dizut Heladek pobrezia lagun banaezin izan duela betidanik, baina herri honetan giza bikaintasunak ere erroak bota dituela-argi jokatuta eta lege sendoen bidez erdietsi delarik hori-, eta bikaintasun horrekiko zintzo jokatzeak bere burua pobreziatik eta despotismotik defendatzeko modua eskaintzen diola.