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And this Unity exists among the good: for they have it towards

themselves and towards one another, being, if I may be allowed

the expression, in the same position: I mean, the wishes of such

men are steady and do not ebb and flow like the Euripus, and they

wish what is just and expedient and aim at these things in

common.

The bad, on the contrary, can as little have Unity of Sentiment

as they can be real friends, except to a very slight extent,

desiring as they do unfair advantage in things profitable while

they shirk labour and service for the common good: and while each

man wishes for these things for himself he is jealous of and

hinders his neighbour: and as they do not watch over the common

good it is lost. The result is that they quarrel while they are

for keeping one another to work but are not willing to perform

their just share.

Chapter VII.