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That is
how he insults you, seizing the chance to void the rancor and venom that he
secretes in his heart against the masses, as he moves about among you. Now is
the chance for you, men of Athens,
now when he comes with his humbug and chicanery, with his lamentations, tears
and prayers, to throw this answer in his teeth. “Yes, and that is the
sort of man you are, Meidias. You are a bully; you cannot keep your hands to
yourself. Then can you wonder if your evil deeds bring you to an evil end? Do
you think that we shall submit to you and you shall go on beating us? That we
shall acquit you and you shall never desist?”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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