# κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄ 46

Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄, Section 46. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-39/46

εἰ δὲ κάπηλός ἐστι πονηρίας καὶ παλιγκάπηλος καὶ μεταβολεύς, καὶ μόνον οὐ ζυγὰ καὶ στάθμʼ ἔχων πάνθʼ ὅσα πώποτʼ ἔπραξεν ἐπώλει, τί τοῦτον, ὦ μάταιʼ, ἀκονᾷς; οὔτε γὰρ μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδέν ἐστʼ ὄφελος δήπουθεν ἥτις μὴ τέμνει, οὔτε τῷ βουλομένῳ διʼ αὑτοῦ πᾶσι πράγματα καὶ κακὰ γίγνεσθαι ὁ ταῦτʼ ἀποδωσόμενος συκοφάντης οὐδέν ἐστι χρήσιμος.

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄, 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.tlg025.local001/.