On the recordc. 349 BC
I marvel not at that; the contrary would have been marvelous, if we doing none of the duties of war had beaten one doing all.
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gutenberg.orgDemosthenes: “I marvel not at that; the contrary would have been marvelous, if we doing none of the duties of war had beaten one doing…”
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Demosthenes expresses no surprise at Philip's success, stating that it would be astonishing if inaction could overcome diligent effort in war.
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