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A man who pretends to have given his sister in marriage, but
has really sold her for export; a man who supports his father's old age in the
manner you know; a toad-eater who drafts decrees and does political jobs for
hire,—now that you have caught him, will you not make an end of him?
If not, we shall think, men of Athens, that you like lawsuits and vexations, and that you do
not want to be quit of scoundrels.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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