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Remember what he told you
himself when he prosecuted Timarchus,—that there is no merit in a city
that is nerveless in its dealings with malefactors, or in a polity where
indulgence and importunity are stronger than the laws. You must not, he said,
have any pity for Timarchus's mother, an aged woman, or his children, or anyone
else: you must fix your mind on the thought that, if you desert the laws and the
constitution, you will find no one to pity you.
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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