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εἰ δ᾽ ὅπως τὰ παρόντ᾽ ἐπανορθωθήσεται δεῖ σκοπεῖν καὶ μὴ προελθόντ᾽ ἔτι πορρωτέρω λήσει πάνθ᾽ ἡμᾶς, μηδ᾽ ἐπιστήσεται μέγεθος δυνάμεως πρὸς ἣν οὐδ᾽ ἀντᾶραι δυνησόμεθα, οὐχ ὁ αὐτὸς τρόπος ὅσπερ πρότερον τοῦ βουλεύεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς λέγουσιν ἅπασι καὶ τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ὑμῖν τὰ βέλτιστα καὶ τὰ σώσοντα τῶν ῥᾴστων καὶ τῶν ἡδίστων προαιρετέον.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1903.
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