We have been depraved for a long time by men whose only ability is to cheat and delude

We have been depraved for a long time by men whose only ability is to cheat and delude. Isocrates. On The Peace. Speech 8. Section 36.

Image: The oath of Brutus after the death of Lucretia, 1884, oil on canvas, by Henri Pinta, at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor VladoubidoOo.