Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 248

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[248]
ἐγὼ δʼ ὁμολογῶ μὲν ἀπολελεῖφθαι τὴν ἐμὴν φρόνησιν τῆς σῆς ὡς δυνατὸν πλεῖστον, οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ τοῦτʼ οἶδα, κἀκεῖνο τυγχάνω γιγνώσκων, ὅτι τῆς πόλεως τῆς ὑμετέρας βουλευομένης περὶ τῶν μεγίστων οἱ μὲν ἄριστα φρονεῖν δοκοῦντες ἐνίοτε διαμαρτάνουσι τοῦ συμφέροντος, τῶν δὲ φαύλων νομιζομένων εἶναι καὶ καταφρονουμένων ἔστιν ὅτε κατώρθωσεν ὁ τυχὼν καὶ βέλτιστα λέγειν ἔδοξεν·

Panathenaicus. Isocrates. ed. George Norlin. Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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Παναθηναικός (Greek) (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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Panathenaicus Perseus (IIsocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 248 focus

[248] “But, while I acknowledge that my own intelligence is vastly inferior to your own, yet as surely as I appreciate this fact so surely do I know that in times when your city deliberates on matters of the greatest import those who are reputed to be the wisest some times miss the expedient course of action, whereas now and then some chance person from the ranks of men who are deemed of no account and are regarded with contempt hits upon the right course and is thought to give the best advice.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 248

ed. George Norlin

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