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However, he
calls it friendship and amity; and only just now he spoke of “the man
who taunts me with the friendship of Alexander.” I taunt you with the
friendship of Alexander! Where did you get it? How did you earn it? I am not out
of my mind, and I would never call you the friend either of Philip or Alexander,
unless we are to call a harvester or other hired laborer the friend of the man
who pays him for his job.
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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