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Cle。Yourecollectattherightmoment，Stranger，anddonotmisstheopportunitywhichtheargumentaffordsofsayingawordinseason。
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myson，yououghttomakesuchamarriageaswisemenwouldapprove。
Nowtheywouldadviseyouneithertoavoidapoormarriage，norspeciallytodesirearichone；butifotherthingsareequal，alwaystohonourinferiors，andwiththemtoformconnections；-thiswillbeforthebenefitofthecityandofthefamilieswhichareunited；fortheequableandsymmetricaltendsinfinitelymoretovirtuethantheunmixed。Andhewhoisconsciousofbeingtooheadstrong，andcarriedawaymorethanisfittinginallhisactions，oughttodesiretobecometherelationoforderlyparents；
andhewhoisoftheoppositetemperoughttoseektheoppositealliance。Lettherebeonewordconcerningallmarriages：-Everymanshallfollow，notafterthemarriagewhichismostpleasingtohimself，butafterthatwhichismostbeneficialtothestate。Forsomehoweveryoneisbynaturepronetothatwhichislikesttohimself，andinthiswaythewholecitybecomesunequalinpropertyandindisposition；andhencethereariseinmoststatestheveryresultswhichweleastdesiretohappen。Now，toaddtothelawanexpressprovision，notonlythattherichmanshallnotmarryintotherichfamily，northepowerfulintothefamilyofthepowerful，butthattheslowernaturesshallbecompelledtoenterintomarriagewiththequicker，andthequickerwiththeslower，mayawakenangeraswellaslaughterinthemindsofmany；forthereisadifficultyinperceivingthatthecityoughttobewellmingledlikeacup，inwhichthemaddeningwineishotandfiery，butwhenchastenedbyasobererGod，receivesafairassociateandbecomesanexcellentandtemperatedrink。Yetinmarriagenooneisabletoseethatthesameresultoccurs。Whereforealsothelawmustletalonesuchmatters，butweshouldtrytocharmthespiritsofmenintobelievingtheequabilityoftheirchildren’sdispositiontobeofmoreimportancethanequalityinexcessivefortunewhentheymarry；andhimwhoistoodesirousofmakingarichmarriageweshouldendeavourtoturnasidebyreproaches，not，however，byanycompulsionofwrittenlaw。
Letthisthenbeourexhortationconcerningmarriage，andletusrememberwhatwassaidbefore-thatamanshouldclingtoimmortality，andleavebehindhimchildren’schildrentobetheservantsofGodinhisplaceforever。Allthisandmuchmoremaybetrulysaidbywayofpreludeaboutthedutyofmarriage。Butifamanwillnotlistenandremainsunsocialandalienamonghisfellow-citizens，andisstillunmarriedatthirty-fiveyearsofage，lethimpayayearlyfine；-hewhoofthehighestclassshallpayafineofahundreddrachmae，andhewhoisoftheseconddassafineofseventydrachmae；thethirdclassshallpaysixtydrachmae，andthefourththirtydrachmae，andletthemoneybesacredtoHere；hewhodoesnotpaythefineannuallyshallowetentimesthesum，whichthetreasurerofthegoddessshallexact；andifhefailsindoingso，lethimbeanswerableandgiveanaccountofthe。moneyathisaudit。Hewhorefusestomarryshallbethuspunishedinmoney，andalsobedeprivedofallhonourwhichtheyoungershowtotheelder；
letnoyoungmanvoluntarilyobeyhim，andifheattempttopunishanyone，leteveryonecometotherescueanddefendtheinjuredperson，andhewhoispresentanddoesnotcometotherescue，shallbepronouncedbythelawtobeacowardandabadcitizen。OfthemarriageportionIhavealreadyspoken；andagainIsayfortheinstructionofpoormenthathewhoneithergivesnorreceivesadowryonaccountofpoverty，hasacompensation；forthecitizensofourstateareprovidedwiththenecessariesoflife，andwiveswillbelesslikelytobeinsolent，andhusbandstobemeanandsubservienttothemonaccountofproperty。Andhewhoobeysthislawwilldoanobleaction；buthewhowillnotobey，andgivesorreceivesmorethanfiftydrachmaeasthepriceofthemarriagegarmentsifhebeofthelowest，ormorethanamina，oraminaand-a-half，ifhebeofthethirdorsecondclasses，ortwominaeifhebeoft
