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εἶτα νῦν παρακρούσασθαι ζητεῖ καὶ φενακίζει, λέγων ὡς πρότερον τοὺς ὅρους ἔστησεν ἢ 'κεῖνον τὴν δίκην ὀφλεῖν. οὐ πρότερόν γ᾽ ἢ παρὰ σοί, νῦν εἰ ἀληθῆ λέγεις. δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι καταγνοὺς ἀδικίαν αὐτοῦ ταῦτ᾽ ἐποίεις. εἶτα καὶ γελοῖον τοῦτο λέγειν, ὥσπερ οὐκ εἰδότων ὑμῶν ὅτι πάντες οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀδικοῦντες σκοποῦσι τί λέξουσιν, καὶ οὐδεὶς πώποτ᾽ ὦφλεν σιωπῶν οὐδ᾽ ἀδικεῖν ὁμολογῶν: ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὰν οἶμαι μηδὲν ἀληθὲς λέγων ἐξελεγχθῇ, τότε γιγνώσκεται ὁποῖός ἐστιν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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