Aeschines
Aeschines
Aeschineswas a Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionStatesman
lying ears rumours
Lying rumours do not penetrate farther than our ears.
law unlimited
Right is not unlimited, but is limited by the laws.
evil community authority
An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.
amnesty noble genuine
Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.
real men noble
Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.
law democracy citizens
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
government law democracy
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according to the tempers of their lords, but democratic states according to established laws.
war evil enemy
A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.
strong men law
For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.
strong sophistry overcoming
Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.