______ _ __ _ __________ _ __ _______ _______ ______ ____ __ _______ _________ _____ __ _ _ __ ______ _____ __ __ _ _ _ __ _______ _ _ _________ _____ ________________ _ nM rMRS _____________ ________ ____ _ _______ _ ____ _ ____ ______ Exodus __ _ Can I by justice or by crooked ways of deceit ascend a loftier tower which may be a fortress to me all my days For what men say is that if I am really just and am not also thought just profit there is none but the pain and loss on the other hand are unmistakeable But if though unjust I acquire the reputation of justice a heavenly life is promised to me Since then as philosophers prove appearance tyrannizes over truth and is lord of happiness to appearance I must devote myself I will describe around me a picture and shadow of virtue to be the vestibule and exterior of my house behind I will trail the subtle and craft fox as Archilochus greatest of sages recommends But I hear some one exclaiming that the concealment of wickedness is often difficult to which I answer Nothing great is easy -- Plato The Republic Book II Exodus an Ascii Collection by Necromancer of ACiD and Remorse 1981 coming soon