His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.