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When I heard these words of Nicostratus, having no idea
that he was lying, I answered, as was natural for a young man who was an
intimate friend, and who was far from thinking that he would be defrauded,
“Nicostratus, in time past I was a true friend to you, and now in your
misfortunes I have helped you to the full extent of my power. But since at the
moment you are unable to find the whole amount due, I indeed have no funds on
hand, nor have I money any more than yourself, but I grant you a loan of
whatever part of my property you choose, for you to mortgage for the balance of
your debt, and to use the money without interest for a year, and to pay off the
strangers. When you have made the collection from your friends, pay off my
mortgage, as you yourself propose.”
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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