106. _Socr._ Come, then, I will mention to you another similitude from the same school as the preceding. For consider whether you would speak thus of each kind of life, the temperate and the intemperate, as if two men had each many casks; and that those of one were sound and full, one of wine, another of honey, a third of milk, and many others of other things; that the fountains of each were rare and difficult to be obtained, and could only be procured by many and severe toils; the one, then, having filled his casks, pours no more into them, nor is at all concerned about them, but on this score is at ease; that the fountains of the other, as of the former one, are possible to be procured, though with difficulty, that his vessels are perforated and defective, and he compelled, both night and day, to fill them, or suffer the most extreme pain. When such is the life of each, do you say that of the intemperate is more happy than that of the moderate man? Do I persuade you at all, by relating these things, to grant that a moderate life is better than an intemperate one, or do I not persuade you? _Cal._ You do not persuade me, Socrates. For he that has filled his casks has no longer any pleasure: but this is, what I just now mentioned, to live like a stone, when he has filled them, neither rejoicing any more nor grieving: but a pleasant life consists in as much flowing in as possible. 107. _Socr._ Is it not, therefore, necessary, if much flows in, that much also should go out, and that there should be certain large holes for its flowing out? _Cal._ Certainly. _Socr._ You speak now of the life of a sea-lark[73], and not of a corpse, or a stone. But tell me, do you mean such a thing as being hungry, and, when hungry, eating? ----- Footnote 73: Χαραδριὸς, a bird which Aristotle tells us (Hist. Anim., l. ix. c. 11) “appears in the night and runs off in the day.” See note to Cary’s Birds of Aristophanes, act i. sc. 4. ----- _Cal._ I do. _Socr._ And of being thirsty, and, when thirsty, drinking? _Cal._ I do mean that, and that he who has all other desires, and, having the power to do so, satisfies them, lives a joyful and happy life. _Socr._ Well done, my excellent friend! Proceed as you have begun, and take care not to be ashamed. But it is right, too, as it seems, that neither should I be ashamed. And first of all, tell me if, when a man, who is scabby and itches, is able to scratch himself without stint, and passes his life in scratching himself, this is to live happily? _Cal._ How absurd you are, Socrates, and a mere babbler. _Socr._ Hence it is, Callicles, that I have astonished Polus and Gorgias, and made them ashamed. You, however, will not be astonished nor ashamed, for you are courageous: but only answer me. 108. _Cal._ I say, then, that he who scratches himself lives pleasantly. _Socr._ Therefore, if pleasantly, also happily? _Cal._ Certainly.