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Now, while I am of the opinion that even those
who have gained the upper hand are not unaware that, should you form your resolve and be
stung to action by what has happened, it is not yet quite clear whether what has been done
is good fortune or the opposite for them, yet if it turns out that the exploit has
inspired them to become over-confident, this would already be another point in your
favour. For the more they look down upon you, the sooner will they blunder.
Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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