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Very true.Athenian
Then the commander we set over drunken men should be sober and wise, rather than the opposite? For a commander of drunkards who was himself drunken, young, and foolish would be very lucky if he escaped doing some serious mischief.Clinias
Uncommonly lucky.Athenian
Suppose, then, that a man were to find fault with such institutions in States where they are managed in the best possible way,
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