we say the
fabric of
the state
naturally
consists.
And this
is the
class of
citizens
which is
most
secure in
a state,
for they
do not,
like the
poor,
covet
their
neighbors’
goods; nor
do others
covet
theirs, as
the poor
covet the
goods of
the rich;
and as
they
neither
plot
against
others,
nor are
themselves
plotted
against,
they pass
through
life
safely.
Wisely
then did
Phocylides
pray –
‘Many
things are
best in
the mean;
