BOETHIUS
(fools and tyrants)
Imagine a mouse somehow claiming authority over
all other mice...oh would you not laugh? And, when
you come right down to it, what are men anyway?
Relatively weak creatures, whom a fly or a mosquito
can kill with a bite, or a worm can debilitate, once within.
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And what is the power of one man over another?
Words, actions, scaldings, death? I actually think
less than that occurs when poor Man tries to act
upon another - and even the most powerful are
as poor as a rat. And a tyrant can close no minds,
nor rule a thought - though he can try, it is his
own sword, in turn, that will belie his words.
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The only thing worth less than the
body is a fortune - the reeking golds
and silvers of all evil men's dreams.
(fools and tyrants)
Imagine a mouse somehow claiming authority over
all other mice...oh would you not laugh? And, when
you come right down to it, what are men anyway?
Relatively weak creatures, whom a fly or a mosquito
can kill with a bite, or a worm can debilitate, once within.
-
And what is the power of one man over another?
Words, actions, scaldings, death? I actually think
less than that occurs when poor Man tries to act
upon another - and even the most powerful are
as poor as a rat. And a tyrant can close no minds,
nor rule a thought - though he can try, it is his
own sword, in turn, that will belie his words.
-
The only thing worth less than the
body is a fortune - the reeking golds
and silvers of all evil men's dreams.
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