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Truly, men of Athens, I do think that Philip is drunk
with the magnitude of his achievements and dreams of further triumphs, when,
elated by his success, he finds that there is none to bar his way; but I cannot
for a moment believe that he is deliberately acting in such a way that all the
fools at Athens know what he is
going to do next. For of all fools the rumor-mongers are the worst.
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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