# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 118

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 118. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/118

καίτοι, ὦ Τιμόκρατες, οἱ μὲν ὄντες ἡμῖν κύριοι νόμοι τουτουσὶ ποιοῦσι κυρίους ἁπάντων, καὶ διδόασιν αὐτοῖς ἀκούσασιν, ὁποῖον ἄν τι νομίζωσι τἀδίκημα, τοιαύτῃ περὶ τοῦ ἠδικηκότος χρῆσθαι τῇ ὀργῇ, μέγα μεγάλῃ, μικρὸν μικρᾷ. ὅταν γὰρ ᾖ ὅ τι χρὴ παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι, τὸ τιμᾶν ἐπὶ τούτοις γίγνεται.

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, 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.tlg024.local001/.