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By AnonymAeschines
A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.
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By AnonymAeschines
Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.
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By AnonymAeschines
An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.
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By AnonymAeschines
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
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By AnonymAeschines
For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.
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By AnonymAeschines
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according to the tempers of their lords, but democratic states according to established laws.
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By AnonymAeschines
Lying rumours do not penetrate farther than our ears.
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By AnonymAeschines
Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.
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By AnonymAeschines
Right is not unlimited, but is limited by the laws.
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By AnonymAeschines
Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.
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By AnonymAeschines
What strange and unexpected event has not occurred in our time? The life we have lived is no ordinary human one, but we were born to be an object of wonder to posterity.” (Aeschines about the conquest of Persia and the later Macedonian Victory)
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