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As long as a man is in good health, he is
conscious of no unsoundness here or here, but when his health breaks down, every
part is set a-working, be it a rupture or a sprain or any organ that is not
perfectly healthy. So with all monarchies and oligarchies; as long as their arms
prosper, few detect their weaknesses, but when they stumble, even as Philip must
stumble beneath a burden that is greater than he can bear, then all their
disadvantages are plain for all men to see.
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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