# περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην 124

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, Section 124. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-3/124

ὡς δʼ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν, οὐκ, εἰ τῶν πάντων ἀδικήσομέν τινʼ ἢ μείζονʼ ἢ ἐλάττονα, δεινόν ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ εἰ τὰς τιμάς, αἷς ἂν ἀντʼ εὖ ποιήσωμέν τινας, ἀπίστους καταστήσομεν· οὐδʼ ὁ πλεῖστος ἔμοιγε λόγος περὶ τῆς ἀτελείας ἐστίν, ἀλλʼ ὑπὲρ τοῦ πονηρὸν ἔθος τὸν νόμον εἰσάγειν καὶ τοιοῦτον διʼ οὗ πάντʼ ἄπισθʼ ὅσʼ ὁ δῆμος δίδωσιν ἔσται.

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Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, ed. Samuel Henry Butcher. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0014.tlg020.local001/.