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Again, with regard to
the absence of honors at Thebes, I
think I can express the truth thus. The Thebans, men of Athens, plume themselves more on brutality
and iniquity than you on humanity and love of justice. If a prayer may be
allowed, may they never cease to withhold honor and admiration from those who do
them service, or to deal with kindred states in the same way （For you
remember how they treated Orchomenus.1） And never may you cease to do the opposite,
honoring your benefactors and winning your rights from your fellow-citizens by
debate and in harmony with the laws!
1 Wiped out by the Thebans in 364. The men were massacred, and the women and children sold into slavery.
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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