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This is an index
of those whose choice it is to live in the esteem and affection of men. And yet
some men in the past have been well thought of who have advised against
welcoming the company of all comers, as is also true of some who have taken
their advice. For they claim that it is necessary either to humor low-minded
people and so be maligned among the multitude, or else to be constantly on guard
against such reproaches and so incur the dislike of such acquaintances
themselves.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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