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There is one
thing only, men of the jury, in which anyone could show that this man Phaenippus
has been ambitious of honor from you: he is an able and ambitious breeder of
horses,1 being young and rich and vigorous.
What is a convincing proof of this? He has given up riding on horseback, has
sold his war horse, and in his place has bought himself a chariot—he,
at his age!—that he may not have to travel on foot; such is the luxury
that fills him. This chariot he has included in his inventory to me, but of the
barley and wine and the rest of the farm-produce not a tenth part.
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