# κατὰ Τιμοκράτους 204

Demosthenes, κατὰ Τιμοκράτους, Section 204. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-51/204

καὶ μὴν ὅτι μὲν προσήκει πάντας κολάζειν τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας, εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι πάντες ἄν, εἴ τις ἔροιτο, φήσαιτε· ὅσῳ δὲ μάλιστα τοῦτον, ὃς νόμον εἰσενήνοχʼ ἐπὶ βλάβῃ τοῦ πλήθους, ἐγὼ πειράσομαι διδάξαι. τῶν μὲν γὰρ κλεπτῶν καὶ λωποδυτῶν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα κακουργούντων ἕκαστος πρῶτον μὲν ὡς ἀληθῶς τὸν ἐντυχόντʼ ἀδικεῖ, καὶ οὐκ ἂν οἷός τʼ εἴη πάντας ἐκδύειν οὐδὲ τὰ πάντων ὑφελέσθαι, εἶτα καταισχύνει τὴν αὑτοῦ δόξαν καὶ τὸν βίον μόνον.

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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/.