Xen. Cyrop. 1.1.1
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ἔννοιά ποθ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐγένετο ὅσαι δημοκρατίαι κατελύθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλως πως βουλομένων πολιτεύεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ , ὅσαι τ᾽ αὖ μοναρχίαι , ὅσαι τε ὀλιγαρχίαι ἀνῄρηνται ἤδη ὑπὸ δήμων , καὶ ὅσοι τυραννεῖν ἐπιχειρήσαντες οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν καὶ ταχὺ πάμπαν κατελύθησαν , οἱ δὲ κἂν ὁποσονοῦν χρόνον ἄρχοντες διαγένωνται , θαυμάζονται ὡς σοφοί τε καὶ εὐτυχεῖς ἄνδρες γεγενημένοι . πολλοὺς δ᾽ ἐδοκοῦμεν καταμεμαθηκέναι καὶ ἐν ἰδίοις οἴκοις τοὺς μὲν ἔχοντας καὶ πλείονας οἰκέτας , τοὺς δὲ καὶ πάνυ ὀλίγους , καὶ ὅμως οὐδὲ τοῖς ὀλίγοις τούτοις πάνυ τι δυναμένους χρῆσθαι πειθομένοις τοὺς δεσπότας .
The
thought
once
occurred
to
us
how
many
republics
have
been
overthrown
by
people
who
preferred
to
live
under
any
form
of
government
other
than
a
republican
,
and
again
,
how
many
monarchies
and
how
many
oligarchies
in
times
past
have
been
abolished
by
the
people
.
We
reflected
,
moreover
,
how
many
of
those
individuals
who
have
aspired
to
absolute
power
have
either
been
deposed
once
for
all
and
that
right
quickly
;
or
if
they
have
continued
in
power
,
no
matter
for
how
short
a
time
,
they
are
objects
of
wonder
as
having
proved
to
be
wise
and
happy
men
.
Then
,
too
,
we
had
observed
,
we
thought
,
that
even
in
private
homes
some
people
who
had
rather
more
than
the
usual
number
of
servants
and
some
also
who
had
only
a
very
few
were
nevertheless
,
though
nominally
masters
,
quite
unable
to
assert
their
authority
over
even
those
few
.