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τὸ δοκεῖν ἐξηπατηκέναι τοὺς ἀγαθόν τι ποιήσαντας. ὅτι μὲν τοίνυν τοῦθ᾽ ἕν τι τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐστιν πάντας ἂν ἡγοῦμαι φῆσαι, ὅσῳ δ᾽ ὑμῖν αἴσχιον τῶν ἄλλων, ἀκούσατέ μου. ἔστιν ὑμῖν νόμος ἀρχαῖος, τῶν καλῶς δοκούντων ἔχειν, ἄν τις ὑποσχόμενός τι τὸν δῆμον ἐξαπατήσῃ, κρίνειν, κἂν ἁλῷ, θανάτῳ ζημιοῦν. εἶτ᾽ οὐκ αἰσχύνεσθ᾽, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, εἰ ἐφ᾽ ᾧ τοῖς ἄλλοις θάνατον ζημίαν ἐτάξατε, τοῦτ᾽ αὐτοὶ ποιοῦντες φανήσεσθε; καὶ μὴν πάντα μὲν εὐλαβεῖσθαι δεῖ ποιεῖν τὰ δοκοῦντα καὶ ὄντ᾽ αἰσχρά, μάλιστα δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἐφ᾽ οἷς τοῖς ἄλλοις χαλεπῶς τις ἔχων ὁρᾶται: οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀμφισβήτησις καταλείπεται τὸ μὴ ταῦτα ποιεῖν ἃ πονήρ᾽ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν εἶναι πρότερον.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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