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From this you can gauge the
feelings of the great body of the Macedonians towards Philip; while as regards
his courtiers and captains of his mercenaries you will find that, though they
have some repute for valor, they live in greater fear than those who have none;
for these have only the enemy to fear, but those dread the sycophants and
slanderers of the court more than a pitched battle.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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