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but for the donations that I promised and gave at my
own expense I do say that I am not accountable at any time— you hear
that, Aeschines—nor is any other man, though he be one of the nine
archons. Is there any law so compact of iniquity and illiberality that, when a
man out of sheer generosity has given away his own money, it defrauds him of the
gratitude he has earned, drags him before a set of prying informers, and gives
them authority to hold an audit of his free donations? There is no such law. If
he contradicts me, let him produce the law, and I will be satisfied and hold my
peace.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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