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ὅτι νὴ Δί᾽ ἦσάν τινες τῶν εὑρημένων ἀνάξιοι. ἐὰν οὖν εἴπῃ πρὸς ταῦτ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ‘καὶ γὰρ Ἀθηναίων τινὲς ἴσως φαῦλοι, καὶ οὐ διὰ ταῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ τοὺς χρηστοὺς ἀφειλόμην, ἀλλὰ τὸν δῆμον νομίζων χρηστὸν πάντας ἔχειν ἐῶ,’ οὐ δικαιότερ᾽ ἡμῶν ἐρεῖ; ἐμοὶ γοῦν δοκεῖ. παρὰ πᾶσι γὰρ ἀνθρώποις μᾶλλόν ἐστιν ἔθος διὰ τοὺς εὐεργέτας καὶ ἄλλους τινὰς εὖ ποιεῖν τῶν μὴ χρηστῶν ἢ διὰ τοὺς φαύλους τοὺς ὁμολογουμένως ἀξίους χάριτος τὰ δοθέντ᾽ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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