海賊與君王

有一次，希臘的阿歷山大帝捕獲一名「海盜」首領。阿歷山大問那名首領為何膽敢騷擾公海的安寧，這名首領義正嚴辭地回答︰「How darest thou molest the whole world? But because I do with little ship only, I am called a thief; thou doing it with a great navy, art called an emperor.」(汝為何膽敢騷擾全世界？吾只因以細小船隻為之而被稱為盜賊；汝以強大海軍為之，汝則被專稱為君王。)