“Yes, small evils indeed,So Shaw and other moderns argue in a somewhat different tone that crimes of this sort are an unimportant matter.” he said, “if the men of this sort are few.” “Why, yes,” I said, “for small evils are relatively small compared with great, and in respect of the corruption and misery of a state all of them together, as the saying goes, don't come within hailοὐδ᾽ ἴκταρ βάλλει was proverbial, “doesn't strike near,” “doesn't come within range.” Cf. Aelian, xv. 29. Cf. also οὐδ᾽ ἐγγύς, 198 B, 221 D, Herod. ii. 121, Demosth. 97. of the mischief done by a tyrant. For when men of this sort and their followers become numerous in a state and realize their numbers, then it is they who, in conjunction with the folly of the people, create a tyrant out of that one of them who has