“What strange and unexpected event has not occurred in our time? The life we have lived is no ordinary human one, but we were born to be an object of wonder to posterity.” (Aeschines about the conquest of Persia and the later Macedonian… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
“What strange and unexpected event has not occurred in our time? The life we have lived is no ordinary human one, but we were born to… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased. — Aeschines Copy Share Image
A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community. — Aeschines Copy Share Image
Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
