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Your habit, then, is
not to listen until, as now, the events themselves are upon you, and not to
discuss any question at your leisure but whenever Philip makes his preparations,
you neglect the chance of doing the same, and you are too remiss to make
counter-preparations; and if anyone speaks out, you drive him from the platform,
but when you learn of the loss of this place or the siege of that, then you pay
attention and begin to prepare.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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