To fear alike the doubtful and the true.
Creon: Who quakes at empty fears, hath true in store.700
Oedipus Who in a fault is taken, and forgiven,
Is filled with hate. Let all such dubious faith
Be far from me.
Creon: But thus is hatred bred.
Oedipus: Nay, he who feareth hatred overmuch,
Knows not the art of ruling like a king;
For 'tis by fear that kings are guarded most.
Creon: Who holds the scepter with tyrannic sway,705