[567d]
said I, “which
bids him dwell for the most part with base companions who hate him, or else
forfeit his life.” “Such it is,” he said.
“And would he not, the more he offends the citizens by such
conduct, have the greater need of more and more trustworthy
bodyguards?” “Of course.” “Whom,
then, may he trust, and whence shall he fetch them?”
“Unbidden,” he said, “they will wing their
way1 to him in great numbers if he
furnish their wage.” “Drones, by the dog,” I
said, “I think you are talking of again,
1 Cf. Laws 952 E, Rep. 467 D.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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