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For whom
has he brought into court that he succeeded in convicting on the charges that he
laid against him? Or what source of revenue has he provided for you? Or what
decree has he ever drafted that you were not afterwards glad to disown? The
truth is, he is so tactless, so un-Greek in his temperament, that when he sees
you somewhat angry with anyone and rather more exasperated than the occasion
calls for, he at once anticipates your wishes in the moment of your wrath and so
opposes your interests.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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