I do not think,
gentlemen of the jury, that even Timocrates can lay the blame of the present
prosecution upon anyone else: he has brought it on himself. Moved by desire to
deprive the State of a large sum of money, he has most illegally introduced a
law which is both inexpedient and iniquitous. You shall presently learn in
detail, if you will listen to me, in how many respects this law, if ratified,
will be injurious and detrimental to the common weal; but there is one result,
the most important and the most obvious that I can name, which I shall not
hesitate to put before you.
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