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But, that you may not think there is anything in all
this—it is of course not fair （how could it be?）
after having come to a settlement with the guilty parties, to accuse persons who
know nothing about the case—none the less, Xenopeithes and
Nausimachus, if you have the idea that your claims are so marvellously valid,
pay back three talents, and go on with your suit. After having exacted so large
a sum for not pressing your charges, you are bound to keep silent until you have
paid this back—not to make the charges and keep the money; that is the
very extreme of unfair dealing.
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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