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Lysias
4 quotes
“τοιοῦτον γὰρ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς πείσεσθε, ἐπειδή περ ὑμῖν ἔθος ἐστὶν ἕνα τῶν ξυνόντων ἀεὶ κακῶς λέγειν καὶ ποιεῖν· ἐπειδὰν ὑμῖν ἐγὼ μὴ ξυνῶ, πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς τρέψεσθε, κἄπειτα καθ᾿ ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς ἀπεχθήσεσθε, τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον εἷς ὁ λειπόμενος αὐτὸς αὑτὸν κακῶς ἐρεῖ.”
Lysias (445–380 BC) said by 380 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τοιαῦτα αὐτοῖς τὸ μέγεθος καὶ τοσαῦτα τὸ πλῆθος εἴργασται, ὥστε μήτ᾿ ἂν ψευδόμενον δεινότερα τῶν ὑπαρχόντων κατηγορῆσαι, μήτε τἀληθῆ βουλόμενον εἰπεῖν ἅπαντα δύνασθαι, ἀλλ᾿ ἀνάγκη ἢ τὸν κατήγορον ἀπειπεῖν ἢ τὸν χρόνον ἐπιλιπεῖν.”
Lysias (445–380 BC) said by 380 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“παύσομαι κατηγορῶν. ἀκηκόατε, ἑοράκατε, πεπόνθατε, ἔχετε· δικάζετε.”
Lysias (445–380 BC) said by 380 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ψεύδεσθαι προχειρότατον τοῖς πολλάκις ἁμαρτάνουσιν.”
Lysias (445–380 BC) said by 380 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 423 Carey (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)