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ἀλλὰ μὴν ὑπέρ γε τοῦ προῖκ᾽ ἢ μή, τὸ μὲν ἐκ τούτων λαμβάνειν, ἐξ ὧν ἡ πόλις βλάπτεται, πάντες οἶδ᾽ ὅτι φήσαιτ᾽ ἂν εἶναι δεινὸν καὶ πολλῆς ὀργῆς ἄξιον: ὁ μέντοι τὸν νόμον τιθεὶς οὐ διώρισεν τοῦτο, ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλῶς εἶπε μηδαμῶς δῶρα λαμβάνειν, ἡγούμενος, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, τὸν ἅπαξ λαβόντα καὶ διαφθαρένθ᾽ ὑπὸ χρημάτων οὐδὲ κριτὴν ἔτι τῶν συμφερόντων ἀσφαλῆ μένειν τῇ πόλει.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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