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It is remarkable
what a striking thing it is in the eyes of people who are active in commercial
life and in banking, when the same man is accounted industrious and is
honest.1 Well; this quality was not
imparted to Pasio by his masters; he was himself honest by nature; nor did your
father impart it to Phormio. It was yourself, rather than Phormio, whom he would
have made honest, if he had had the power. If you do not know that for
money-making the best capital of all is trustworthiness, you do not know
anything at all. But, apart from all this, Phormio has in many ways shown
himself useful to your father and to you, and in general to your affairs. But
your insatiate greed and your character, I take it, no one could adequately
express.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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