Demosthenes, Olynthiac 1, section 23

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[23] But surely we must assume that your Paeonian or Illyrian or any other of these tribes would prefer freedom and independence to slavery. They are not accustomed to acknowledge a master, and Philip is by all accounts a particularly harsh one. And indeed that is not surprising. Undeserved success engenders folly in unbalanced minds, and therefore it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity.

Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.

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Cross-references to this page (5):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.2
- William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter V
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Tenses of the Moods
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Forms of the subject.
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (6):
- LSJ, ἀξία
- LSJ, ἀφορμ-ή
- LSJ, ἀήθ-ης
- LSJ, φυ^λάσσω
- LSJ, κατ-α^κούω
- LSJ, κτάομαι

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