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Solon's view was that the doer of
infamous deeds ought not to get off with mere repayment of the money stolen; for
it seemed to him that there would be no lack of thieves on such
terms,—if they had the chance of keeping their booty if undetected,
and of simply restoring it if caught. They must pay double; they must be
imprisoned as well as fined, and so live in disgrace for the rest of their
lives. Not so Timocrates; he made arrangements for a simple, instead of a
double, reparation, and for no sort of additional penalty.
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