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οὐδέν ἐστιν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τοῦτ᾽ ἄλογον, τοὺς ἀεὶ καὶ συνεχῶς ὑπὲρ τῶν ὀλιγαρχιῶν πολιτευομένους καὶ νῦν ταῦτα ποιοῦντας ἐξελέγχεσθαι. ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο μᾶλλον ἄν τις εἰκότως θαυμάσαι, τὸ τοὺς εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ταῦτα πολλάκις ἥδιον τούτων ἀκούειν ἢ τῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν λεγόντων. ἴσως μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ οὐδ᾽ ἰδίᾳ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν ἅπαντ᾽ ὀρθῶς πράττειν, οὕτως οὐδὲ κοινῇ:
Demosthenes. Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1931.
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