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But if any of you, Athenians, seeing
Philip's good fortune, thinks that he is in that respect a formidable
antagonist, he reasons like a prudent man. For fortune is indeed a great weight
in the scales; I might almost say it is everything in human affairs. All the
same, if you gave me the choice, I should prefer the fortune of Athens to Philip's, provided that you are
willing to do your duty yourselves, even to a limited extent; for I am sure you
have far greater claims than he upon the favor of the gods. Yet, I think, we sit
here doing nothing.
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