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He knows, then, these two
facts—that he is intriguing against you and that you are aware of it.
Assuming that you are intelligent, he thinks you are bound to hate him, and he
is on the alert, expecting some blow to fall, if you can seize an opportunity
and if he cannot get in his blow first.
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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