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as if being angry for these reasons. Now men
think that they have a right to be highly esteemed by those who are inferior to
them in birth, power, and virtue,
and generally, in whatever similar respect1 a man is far superior to another; for example, the
rich man to the poor man in the matter of money, the eloquent to the incompetent
speaker in the matter of oratory, the governor to the governed, and the man who
thinks himself worthy to rule to one who is only fit to be ruled. Wherefore it
has been said: “
Great is the wrath of kings cherished by Zeus,2
” and “
Yet it may be that even afterwards he cherishes his resentment,3
” for kings are resentful in consideration of their superior rank.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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