Demosthenes, On the Peace, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 11

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[11] Now all these instances, where I appear to have had a clearer foresight than the rest, I shall not refer to a single cause, men of Athens —my real or pretended cleverness¹; nor will I claim that my knowledge and discernment were due to anything else than two things, which I will mention. One, men of Athens , was good luck, which my experience tells me is worth all the cleverness and wisdom in the world.

On the Peace. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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On the Peace (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. I: Olynthiacs, Philippics, Minor Public Speeches, Speech Against Leptines, I-XVII, XX. Vince, J. H., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930 (printing).)

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περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 11 focus

[11] ταῦτα τοίνυν ἅπανθʼ, ὅσα φαίνομαι βέλτιον τῶν ἄλλων προορῶν, οὐδʼ εἰς μίαν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, οὔτε δεινότητʼ οὔτʼ ἀλαζονείαν ἐπανοίσω, οὐδὲ προσποιήσομαι διʼ οὐδὲν ἄλλο γιγνώσκειν καὶ προαισθάνεσθαι πλὴν διʼ ἃν ὑμῖν εἴπω, δύο· ἓν μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, διʼ εὐτυχίαν, ἣν συμπάσης ἐγὼ τῆς ἐν ἀνθρώποις οὔσης δεινότητος καὶ σοφίας ὁρῶ κρατοῦσαν·

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On the Peace

1. The Greek here is difficult. Most edd. awkwardly render ἀλαζονεία [cause for] boasting: it is rather political quackery passing muster for real statesmanship.

Demosthenes On the Peace 11

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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