An Ancient Tradition Declares That

Children Have A Master To Teach Them, Grown-ups Have The Poets.

Look At The Orators In Our Republics; As Long As They Are Poor, Both State And People Can Only Praise Their Uprightness; But Once They Are Fattened On The Public Funds, They Conceive A Hatred For Justice, Plan Intrigues Against The People And Attack The Democracy.

A Man May Learn Wisdom Even From A Foe.

It Is Bad Taste For A Poet To Be Coarse And Hairy.

[y]ou Possess All The Attributes Of A Demagogue; A Screeching, Horrible Voice, A Perverse, Crossgrained Nature And The Language Of The Market-place. In You All Is United Which Is Needful For Governing.