The monstrosity of the worse ruling the better

Consider it monstrous that the worse should rule the better, and that the more foolish should give orders to men of greater wisdom. Isocrates. To Nicocles. Book 2. Section 14.

Nymph trying to escape from a satyr Roman 2nd century CE copy of 2nd or 1st century BCE Greek original found near Tivoli, Italy photographed at the exhibit "The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece" assembled by the British Museum and displayed at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon.