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Now, if we are to form a real judgment of the life of the just

and unjust, we must isolate them; there is no other way; and how

is the isolation to be effected? I answer: Let the unjust man be

entirely unjust, and the just man entirely just; nothing is to be

taken away from either of them, and both are to be perfectly

furnished for the work of their respective lives. First, let the

unjust be like other distinguished masters of craft; like the

skilful pilot or physician, who knows intuitively his own powers

and keeps within their limits, and who, if he fails at any point,

is able to recover himself. So let the unjust make his unjust

attempts in the right way, and lie hidden if he means to be great

in his injustice: (he who is found out is nobody:) for the

highest reach of injustice is, to be deemed just when you are

not.