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ἀλλὰ μὴν ὑπὲρ ὧν γε τοῖς εὑρημένοις τὰς τιμὰς καταλείπειν φήσει, οἱ μὲν ἁπλᾶ πάνυ καὶ δίκαι᾽ ἂν εἴποιεν, πάνθ᾽ ὅσα τῶν αὐτῶν ἕνεκ᾽ αὐτοῖς ἔδοτ᾽ εὐεργεσιῶν ἀξιοῦντες ἔχειν, οἱ δὲ φενακίζειν τὸν ὡς καταλείπεται λέγοντά τι αὐτοῖς. ὁ γὰρ ἄξια τῆς ἀτελείας εὖ πεποιηκέναι δόξας καὶ ταύτην παρ᾽ ὑμῶν λαβὼν τὴν τιμὴν μόνην, ἢ ξένος ἢ καί τις πολίτης, ἐπειδὰν ἀφαιρεθῇ ταύτην, τίν᾽ ἔχει λοιπὴν δωρειάν, Λεπτίνη; οὐδεμίαν δήπου. μὴ τοίνυν διὰ μὲν τοῦ τῶνδε κατηγορεῖν ὡς φαύλων ἐκείνους ἀφαιροῦ, δι᾽ ἃ δ᾽ αὖ καταλείπειν ἐκείνοις φήσεις, τούσδ᾽ ὃ μόνον λαβόντες ἔχουσι, τοῦτ᾽ ἀφέλῃ.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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