It is, therefore, utter folly to seek to justify yourself to those who are not minded like other men

It is, therefore, utter folly to seek to justify yourself to those who are not minded like other men but are harder on the innocent than on the guilty. Isocrates. Antidosis. Speech 15. Section 154.

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