Look at things as they are, and you will see that the clever
unjust are in the place of runners, who run well from the
starting-place to the goal, but not back again from the goal;
they go off at a great pace, but in the end only look foolish,
slinking away with their ears down on their shoulders, and
without a crown; but the true runner comes to the finish and
receives the prize and is crowned. And this is the way with the
just; he who endures to the end of every action and occasion
of his entire life has a good report and carries off the prize
which men bestow. (Text.)--PLATO.
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