"...this is exactly the most pitiful aspect of tyranny. It is impossible to let go of it.”
Hiero, or "The Tyrant" - A Discourse on Despotic Rule, by Xenophon: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1175/1175-h/1175-h.htm
Anabasis, by Xenophon: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1170/1170-h/1170-h.htm
