Fragments 111–120

CXI. For what sense or understanding have they? They follow minstrels and take the multitude for a teacher, not knowing that many are bad and few good. For the best men choose one thing above all—immortal glory among mortals; but the masses stuff themselves like cattle.

CXII. In Priene there lived Bias, son of Teutamus, whose word was worth more than that of others.