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“I am a poor man and have nothing else to give, but I offer you myself”

Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of the Philosophers (Regnery, 1969), p. 75
Context: Aeschines said to him, "I am a poor man and have nothing else to give, but I offer you myself," and Socrates answered, "Nay, do you not see that you are offering me the greatest gift of all?"

“Right is not unlimited, but is limited by the laws.”

Aeschines

199.
Ctesiphontem

“For at a congress of the Lacedaemonian allies and the other Greeks, in which Amyntas, the father of Philip, being entitled to a seat, was represented by a delegate whose vote was absolutely under his control, he joined the other Greeks in voting to help Athens to recover possession of Amphipolis. As proof of this I presented from the public records the resolution of the Greek congress and the names of those who voted.”

Aeschines

Aeschines, On the Embassy, 32.

“An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.”

Aeschines

147.
Ctesiphontem

“He is specially deserving of our hatred, in that being wicked he has all the outward signs of virtue.”

Aeschines

99.
Ctesiphontem