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“If Philocrates, men of Athens, had given many days to studying how
best he could thwart the peace, I do not think he could have found a better way
than the present proposal. Such a peace as this I for one will never advise the
city to make, so long as a single Athenian remains alive; yet I do say that we
ought to make peace.” In such terms he spoke, concisely and with
moderation.
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