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Classical antiquity3 quotes
In the early days of his power, he is full of smiles, and he salutes everyone whom he meets. — Socrates · 375 BCWhen the tyrant has disposed for foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. — Socrates · 375 BCThe tyrant is a child of Pride
Who drinks from his great sickening cup
Recklessness and vanity,
Until from his high crest headlong
He plummets to the dust of hope. — Sophocles · 430 BC