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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 4

Section 92 of 882

Canonical reference 1.12.4

Ancient Greek

καὶ ἐὰν φίλοι ὦσιν τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἢ τοῖς κριταῖς· οἱ μὲν γὰρ φίλοι ἀφύλακτοί τε πρὸς τὸ ἀδικεῖσθαι καὶ προσκαταλλάττονται πρὶν ἐπεξελθεῖν, οἱ δὲ κριταὶ χαρίζονται οἷς ἂν φίλοι ὦσι, καὶ ἢ ὅλως ἀφιᾶσιν ἢ μικροῖς ζημιοῦσιν.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Similarly, if they are friends of those who are being wronged, or of the judges; for friends are not on their guard against being wronged and, besides, they prefer reconciliation to taking proceedings; and judges favor those whom they are fond of, and either let them off altogether or inflict a small penalty.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

De même, s'ils sont les amis de ceux qui subissent l'injustice ou des juges, car les amis ne se tiennent pas sur leurs gardes contre l'injustice et, en outre, ils préfèrent la réconciliation aux poursuites ; quant aux juges, ils favorisent ceux qu'ils affectionnent et soit les acquittent entièrement, soit leur infligent une faible peine.

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