Men who have chosen to neglect what is their own and to plot against what belongs to others do not keep their hands off citizens who live soberly and bring before you only those who do evil. On the contrary, they advertise their powers in their attacks upon men who are entirely innocent, and so get more money from those who are clearly guilty. Isocrates. Antidosis. Speech 15. Section 24.
Image: Detail of the Pergamon Altar 2nd century BCE at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Claus Ableiter.
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