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Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.

— Aeschines Against Timarchus (-5)

οὕτως ἰσχυρόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια ὥστε πάντων ἐπικρατεῖ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων λογισμῶν.

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