There is bitterness in the voice of truth, when the speaker with simple frankness takes away the expectation of great successes, while pleasant words, though they are false, convince those who hear them. Demades. On the Twelve Years. Speech 1. Section 18.
Image: Woman wearing a chiton looking downcast from the the Horti Lamiani at the Capitoline Museum courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Marie-Lan Nguyen.
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