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There is no
situation harder to deal with, men of the jury, than when a man possessing both
reputation and ability to speak is audacious enough to lie and is well provided
with witnesses. For it becomes necessary for the defendant, no longer to speak
merely about the facts of the case, but about the character of the speaker as
well, and to show that he ought not to be believed on account of his reputation.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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