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If,
however, the father, who has divided his estate
among them and is defending them when accused
of parricide, pleads as follows: “As regards my
defence against the law, it suffices to point out,
that these young men are charged with parricide
in spite of the fact that their father still lives and is
actually appearing on behalf of his children. What
need is there for me to set forth the facts as they
occurred since the law does not apply to them? But if
you desire me to confess my own guilt in the matter,
I was a hard father to them and watched over my
estate, which would have been better managed by
them, with miserly tenacity.”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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