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οὐκ ἔστιν χαλεπώτερον οὐδέν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἢ ὅταν ἄνθρωπος δόξαν ἔχων καὶ δυνάμενος εἰπεῖν τολμᾷ ψεύδεσθαι καὶ μαρτύρων εὐπορῇ. ἀνάγκη γάρ ἐστιν τῷ φεύγοντι μηκέτι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος μόνον λέγειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ λέγοντος, ὡς οὐκ εἰκὸς αὐτῷ διὰ τὴν δόξαν πιστεύειν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1931.
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