Hiero

I know (replied the poet) that you were once a private person, and are now a monarch.

我知道（诗人回答说），你曾经是一个普通人，现在却成了君王。

It is but likely, therefore, that having tested both conditions, you should know better than myself, wherein the life of the despotic ruler differs from the life of any ordinary person.

因此，很可能你已经体验过这两种生活状态，应该比我自己更清楚，专制统治者的生活与普通人有何不同。