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But the time
to have listened and made your decision was just then, when you would not do it;
now, when you are listening, is the time to act and put your preparations to
use. Therefore in consequence of these bad habits you alone reverse the general
practice of mankind; for other people deliberate before the event, but you after
the event.
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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