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For you have not
infrequently seen them in the court-rooms and on the platform, declaring that
they are personal foes to one another, but in private following the same
pursuits and sharing the profits; at one time reviling and abusing one another
in foulest terms, and a little later associating in family festivals with these
same people, and taking part in the same sacrifices. And not one of these things
is perhaps to be wondered at. For the men are by nature base, and they see that
you accept such excuses; so what is to prevent their using them and trying to
deceive you?
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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