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Now take also the law of Aristophon; for, men
of Athens, Solon was thought to have
enacted in this instance so wise and democratic a law that you voted to re-enact
it.“
Law
”It is fitting that you, then, acting in
defence of the laws, should hold, not that those who ply a trade are aliens, but
that those who bring malicious and baseless suits are scoundrels. For,
Eubulides, there is another law too regarding idleness to which you, who
denounce us who are traders, are amenable.
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