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And all this no one in his senses would refuse to believe; for those who have
resided at his court agree that Philip is so jealous that he wants to take to
himself all the credit of the chief successes, and is more annoyed with a
general or an officer who achieves something praiseworthy than with those who
fail ignominiously.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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