The Schoolmaster: And you, what good have you to promise us, seducer?
But they seek for peace and to live in peace by the fruits of their daily toil.
Tête-d'or: You have not answered well, Schoolmaster. You think you are very wise and in truth you are only an ignoramus.
Man is like the insatiable fire which at the last will consume the world,
And at present sleeps beneath the ashes and is used for cooking food.
But behold I appear before you like roaring flame
Mightily rearing itself under the mouth of the wind!
The Schoolmaster: There is no other good than that which I have named.
And that is why society exists. Men join together that each may serve his neighbor.
Tête-d'or: Serve?