ἀφαιρεθέντα δυσχερανεῖν. εἰ δ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ λαβεῖν εἶχες
ἀσμένως, ὥσπερ οὖν εἶχες καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀντερεῖ, καὶ
πρὸς τὴν ἀφαίρεσιν, εὖ οἶδα, δυσχερανεῖς, καὶ μάλιστ᾽
εἰ καὶ πρότερος αὐτὸς εὖ ποιήσας τοῦτον ἐτύγχανες.
εἶθ᾽ ὧν οὐκ ἄν ποτ᾽ αὐτὸς ἕλοιο πεπειρᾶσθαι, ταῦθ᾽
ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν ἑτέρους παθεῖν ἀξιοῖς, καὶ μόνος τῶν πάντων
νομοθετεῖν οἴει δεῖν ἃ καὶ εἰ πόρρωθεν ἐτύγχανε νομισθέντα, ὡς μηδὲν ὅλως πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὄντα διαγράφειν
ἔδει καθάπαξ, καὶ μᾶλλον νόμον τιθέναι τῷ καὶ εἰσαῦθις ἐπιχειρήσοντι τούτοις θανάτου τιμᾶν; καὶ εἰ μὲν
ὑφ᾽ ὁτουοῦν αὐτὸς ὑβρισμένος ἐτύγχανες, οὐκ ἄν ποτ᾽
ἴσως ἠνέσχου, ἀλλ᾽ ἤμυνας ἂν ἐκ τῶν ἐνόντων σαυτῷ: [p. 691]
σὺ δὲ τούς τε νῦν ὄντας ἡμῶν τούς τε ἐσομένους εἰς
ὄνειδος δι᾽ ὧν νομοθετεῖς καθιστὰς, ἔπειτ᾽ οὐκ ἄγεις
ἐν ψήφοις; ἐὰν γὰρ ἅ τις ἐπαγγειλάμενος τύχοι, ταῦτα
μὴ δοὺς ὡς εἰς ἀπατεῶνας τελῶν πολλοὺς ἴσχει τοὺς
κατηγόρους, ὁ καὶ ἃ δέδωκεν ἀφελόμενος τίν᾽ οὐκ ἂν
παρὰ πάντων δέξαιτο μέμψιν;
ἐχρῆν τοίνυν ἡμᾶς, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἐχρῆν,
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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