[288] But so inimical to all the world is this race of sycophants that when men pay a ransom[151] of a hundred and thirty minae[152] for women who bid fair to help them make away with the rest of their property besides, so far from reproaching them, they actually rejoice in their extravagance; but when men spend any amount, however small, upon their education, they complain that they are being corrupted. Could any charge be more unjust than this against our students?