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τὸ δὲ φοβεῖσθαι μὲν ὄχλον, φοβεῖσθαι δ’ ἐρημίαν, φοβεῖσθαι δὲ ἀφυλαξίαν, φοβεῖσθαι δὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς τοὺς φυλάττοντας, καὶ μήτ’ ἀόπλους ἔχειν ἐθέλειν περὶ αὑτὸν μήθ’ ὡπλισμένους ἡδέως θεᾶσθαι, πῶς οὐκ ἀργαλέον ἐστὶ πρᾶγμα;

To fear the crowd but to fear solitude, to fear a lack of guards but also to fear the guards, not wanting to see people unarmed around me but also not being happy to see armed people - how is this not a terrible situation?