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πάλαι καθήμενος, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, καὶ κατηγοροῦντος ἀκούων, ὥσπερ ὑμεῖς, Λυκούργου, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καλῶς αὐτὸν ἡγούμην λέγειν, ἓν δὲ τεθαύμακα ὁρῶν ὑπερδιατεινόμενον, εἰ ἀγνοεῖ τοῦθ᾽ ὅτι οὔτε παρὰ τοὺς ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ λόγους εἰρημένους οὔτε παρὰ τοὺς ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ μέλλοντας ῥηθήσεσθαι τὰ τουτουὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνός ἐστιν δίκαι᾽ ἰσχυρά, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἂν ἕκαστος ὑμῶν ἔχῃ πρὸς τὸ δυσχεραίνειν ἢ προσίεσθαι πονηρίαν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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