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ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ βουλή, οὐκ ἠξίουν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδήπερ με ᾐτιάσατο, παρέσχον ἐμαυτὸν ὅ τι βούλεσθε χρῆσθαι, καὶ τούτου ἕνεκα τοῦ κινδύνου οὐδενὶ ἐγὼ τῶν ἐχθρῶν διηλλάγην, οἳ ἐμὲ ἥδιον1 κακῶς λέγουσιν ἢ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπαινοῦσι. καὶ φανερῶς μὲν οὐδεὶς πώποτε ἐμὲ αὐτὸς2 ἐπεχείρησε ποιῆσαι κακὸν οὐδέν, τοιούτους δὲ ἐπιπέμπουσί μοι, οἷς ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἂν δικαίως πιστεύοιτε. πάντων γὰρ ἀθλιώτατος ἂν γενοίμην,
Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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