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Θετταλοὶ δέ γ᾽ οὐδέτερ᾽ ἐβούλοντο τούτων, οὔτε Θηβαίους οὔτε τὸν Φίλιππον μέγαν γίγνεσθαι (ταῦτα γὰρ πάντ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς ἡγοῦντο), τῆς πυλαίας δ᾽ ἐπεθύμουν καὶ τῶν ἐν Δελφοῖς, πλεονεκτημάτων δυοῖν, κύριοι γενέσθαι: τῷ δὲ τούτων γλίχεσθαι τάδε συγκατέπραξαν. τῶν τοίνυν ἰδίων ἕνεχ᾽ εὑρήσεθ᾽ ἕκαστον πολλὰ προηγμένον ὧν οὐδὲν ἐβούλετο πρᾶξαι. τοῦτο μέντοι, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν φυλακτέον ἡμῖν.
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